_UIBackdropView is a private class in UIKit.framework (iOS 7.0+), a subclass of UIView, which is used for the popular blur effects.
It uses a CABackdropLayer with a gaussianBlur CAFilter (kCAFilterGaussianBlur) .[1]
Creating Settings
_UIBackdropView uses a _UIBackdropViewSettings object for its setup. There are many ways to create it:
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = (_UIBackdropViewSettings *)[[[_UIBackdropViewSettingsSemiLight alloc] init] autorelease];
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForStyle:2070];
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForPrivateStyle:2070]; //this only calls settingsForStyle internally, so there are no advantages of using it over settingsForStyle
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [[[_UIBackdropViewSettings alloc] initWithDefaultsValue] autorelease];
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForStyle:2030 graphicsQuality:100] ; //can be either 10 or 100, 100 is better. See notes at the bottom
Available settings classes (styles)
Here's a list with known settings classes (subclasses of _UIBackdropViewSettings) available.
Class | Styles | Applications | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
_UIBackdropViewSettingsCombiner | 3 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsNone | -2 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsLight | 0, 1000, 1003, 2020, 10090, 10100 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsDark | 0, 1001, 1100, 2030, 11050, 11060 |
|
|
_UIBackdropViewSettingsBlur | 2 | Common blurring | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsColorSample | 2000 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsUltraLight | (iOS 7) 2010
(iOS 8) 2010, 10050, 10060, 10070, 10080, 10110 |
Alert views and various UI (White) | Fallback of unsupported styles |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsLightLow | 2029 | Optimized version of _UIBackdropViewSettingsLight | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsDarkWithZoom | 2031 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsDarkLow | 2039 | Optimized version of _UIBackdropViewSettingsDark | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsColored | 2040 | Tint: rgba(0.0196078, 0.0196078, 0.0196078, 1) | |
10091 | Tint (iOS 7): rgba(0.160784, 1, 0.301961, 1) | ||
Tint (iOS 8): rgba(0.160784, 1, 0, 1) | |||
Tint (iOS 9+): rgba(0.160784, 1, 0.301961, 1) | |||
10092 | Tint (iOS 7): rgba(1, 0.0980392, 0.0470588, 1) | ||
Tint (iOS 8): rgba(1, 0.098039, 0.047059, 1) | |||
Tint (iOS 9+): rgba(1, 0.0980392, 0.0470588, 1) | |||
10120 | Tint (iOS 7): rgba(0.0313725, 0.262745, 0.560784, 1) | ||
Tint (iOS 8): rgba(0.031373, 0.262745, 0.560784, 1) | |||
Tint (iOS 9+): rgba(0.0313725, 0.262745, 0.560784, 1) | |||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsUltraDark | 2050, 11070 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsAdaptiveLight | 2060 | Control Center | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsSemiLight | 2070 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsFlatSemiLight | 2071 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsUltraColored | 2080 | ||
_UIBackdropViewSettingsPasscodePaddle | 3900 | iOS 7.1+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsLightKeyboard | 3901 | iOS 7.1+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsLightEmojiKeyboard | 3902 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVSemiLight | 4000 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVMediumLight | 4001 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVLight | 4002 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVUltraLight | 4003 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVMenuLight | 4004 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVSemiDark | 4005 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVMediumDark | 4006 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVDark | 4007 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVUltraDark | 4008 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVMenuDark | 4009 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVAdaptive | 4010 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVAdaptiveLighten | 4011 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVAccessoryLighten | 4012 | iOS 9.0+ | |
_UIBackdropViewSettingsATVAccessoryDark | 4013 | iOS 9.3+ |
Creating Sample
// Creating blur view using settings object
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForStyle:2060];
// initialization of the blur view
_UIBackdropView *blurView = [[_UIBackdropView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero
autosizesToFitSuperview:YES settings:settings];
// another way for initialization
_UIBackdropView *blurView = [[_UIBackdropView alloc] initWithSettings:settings];
// or without settings object implementation
_UIBackdropView *blurView = [[_UIBackdropView alloc] initWithStyle:2060];
[someView addSubview:blurView];
[blurView release];
About _UIBackdropViewSettingsColored
You can give it a tint color (in fact, it already has a default tint color, and some styles (10091, 10092, 10120) set their own). Example:
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [[_UIBackdropViewSettingsColored alloc]init];
[settings setTintColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:0 blue:0 alpha:1];
//now use it somewhere
For iOS 9
_UIBackdropViewSettings *settings = [_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForPrivateStyle:2040];
[settings setColorTint:[UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:0 blue:0 alpha:1]];
//now use it somewhere
Blurring Sample
There are only two blur qualities available.
- low
- default (Assumed to be "medium")
They correspend to the kCAFilterGaussianBlur's property "inputQuality"
[blurView setBlurRadiusSetOnce:NO];
[blurView setBlurRadius:10.0];
[blurView setBlurHardEdges:3];
[blurView setBlurWithHardEdges:YES];
[blurView setBlurQuality:@"low"];
Tinting Sample
[blurView setRequiresColorStatistics:YES];
[blurView setUsesColorTintView:YES];
UIColor *color = [UIColor cyanColor];
[blurView setColorTint:color]; // or you may use - (void)transitionToColor:(UIColor *)color;
[blurView setColorTintAlpha:0.8];
[blurView setColorTintMaskAlpha:0.7];
About graphics quality
Some styles require higher graphics quality, determined using [UIDevice _graphicsQuality] and might not be suitable for legacy devices. There are two values: 10 and 100. 100 looks better, but needs more resources. On default, iPad2,6, iPad2,7, iPad3,4, iPad3,5, iPad3,6, iPhone4,1, iPhone5,1, iPhone5,2, iPod5,1 get 10, the other devices get 100 (as of iOS 8.1). To manually set a graphic quality to a style, use
[_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForStyle:2030 graphicsQuality:100]; // request style 2030 at highest graphics quality (100)
[_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForStyle:2030 graphicsQuality:10]; // request style 2030 at lower graphics quality (10)
Applying blur settings/style
There are several ways for doing this by methods.
Signature | - (void)transitionIncrementallyToPrivateStyle:(NSInteger)style weighting:(CGFloat)weight; |
---|---|
Available in | 7.0 – |
Signature | - (void)transitionIncrementallyToStyle:(NSInteger)style weighting:(CGFloat)weight; |
---|---|
Available in | 7.0 – |
Signature | - (void)transitionToSettings:(_UIBackdropViewSettings *)settings; |
---|---|
Available in | 7.0 – |
Signature | - (void)transitionToPrivateStyle:(NSInteger)style; |
---|---|
Available in | 7.0 – |
Signature | - (void)transitionToStyle:(NSInteger)style; |
---|---|
Available in | 7.0 – |
transitionIncrementallyToPrivateStyle and transitionIncrementallyToStyle do the same (transitionIncrementallyToPrivateStyle calls transitionIncrementallyToStyle internally). transitionToSettings and transitionToPrivateStyle are equivalent too.
For example
_UIBackdropViewSettings *newSettings = [_UIBackdropViewSettings settingsForPrivateStyle:0];
// Whatever configuration for the settings
blurView.inputSettings = newSettings;
Getting/Parsing all _UIBackdropView objects at runtime
NSArray *blurViews = [_UIBackdropView allBackdropViews];
for (_UIBackdropView *view in blurViews) {
NSLog(@"This _UIBackdropView style is: %d", view.style);
// do any _UIBackdropView configuration here
}
References