这段代码将与Swift 3.0一起工作

class GradientView: UIView {

    override open class var layerClass: AnyClass {
        get{
            return CAGradientLayer.classForCoder()
        }
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        let gradientLayer = self.layer as! CAGradientLayer
        let color1 = UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.1).cgColor as CGColor
        let color2 = UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.9).cgColor as CGColor
        gradientLayer.locations = [0.60, 1.0]
        gradientLayer.colors = [color2, color1]
    }
}

有一个名为Chameleon (https://github.com/viccalexander/Chameleon)的库可以用于渐变颜色。它甚至有渐变的风格来实现。这就是如何在swift 4 podfile中添加它 “变色龙框架/Swift”，:git => 'https://github.com/ViccAlexander/Chameleon.git'，:branch => 'wip/swift4'

import ChameleonFramework

let colors:[UIColor] = [
  UIColor.flatPurpleColorDark(), 
  UIColor.flatWhiteColor()
]
view.backgroundColor = GradientColor(.TopToBottom, frame: view.frame, colors: colors)

这是一个快速扩展，你可以通过任意数量的颜色。在插入一个渐变图层之前，它会删除之前的任何渐变图层，如果需要的话，它会返回新插入的渐变图层进行进一步的操作:

    extension UIView {

    /**
     Given an Array of CGColor, it will:
        - Remove all sublayers of type CAGradientLayer.
        - Create and insert a new CAGradientLayer.

     - Parameters: 
        - colors: An Array of CGColor with the colors for the gradient fill

     - Returns: The newly created gradient CAGradientLayer
     */
    func layerGradient(colors c:[CGColor])->CAGradientLayer {
        self.layer.sublayers = self.layer.sublayers?.filter(){!($0 is CAGradientLayer)}
        let layer : CAGradientLayer = CAGradientLayer()
        layer.frame.size = self.frame.size
        layer.frame.origin = CGPointZero
        layer.colors = c
        self.layer.insertSublayer(layer, atIndex: 0)
        return layer
    }
}

很容易

    // MARK: - Gradient
extension CAGradientLayer {
    enum Point {
        case topLeft
        case centerLeft
        case bottomLeft
        case topCenter
        case center
        case bottomCenter
        case topRight
        case centerRight
        case bottomRight
        var point: CGPoint {
            switch self {
            case .topLeft:
                return CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)
            case .centerLeft:
                return CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0.5)
            case .bottomLeft:
                return CGPoint(x: 0, y: 1.0)
            case .topCenter:
                return CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0)
            case .center:
                return CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.5)
            case .bottomCenter:
                return CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 1.0)
            case .topRight:
                return CGPoint(x: 1.0, y: 0.0)
            case .centerRight:
                return CGPoint(x: 1.0, y: 0.5)
            case .bottomRight:
                return CGPoint(x: 1.0, y: 1.0)
            }
        }
    }
    convenience init(start: Point, end: Point, colors: [CGColor], type: CAGradientLayerType) {
        self.init()
        self.startPoint = start.point
        self.endPoint = end.point
        self.colors = colors
        self.locations = (0..<colors.count).map(NSNumber.init)
        self.type = type
    }
}

像这样使用:-

let fistColor = UIColor.white
let lastColor = UIColor.black
let gradient = CAGradientLayer(start: .topLeft, end: .topRight, colors: [fistColor.cgColor, lastColor.cgColor], type: .radial)
gradient.frame = yourView.bounds
yourView.layer.addSublayer(gradient)

Xcode 11•Swift 5.1

你可以像下面这样设计你自己的渐变视图:

@IBDesignable
public class Gradient: UIView {
    @IBInspectable var startColor:   UIColor = .black { didSet { updateColors() }}
    @IBInspectable var endColor:     UIColor = .white { didSet { updateColors() }}
    @IBInspectable var startLocation: Double =   0.05 { didSet { updateLocations() }}
    @IBInspectable var endLocation:   Double =   0.95 { didSet { updateLocations() }}
    @IBInspectable var horizontalMode:  Bool =  false { didSet { updatePoints() }}
    @IBInspectable var diagonalMode:    Bool =  false { didSet { updatePoints() }}

    override public class var layerClass: AnyClass { CAGradientLayer.self }

    var gradientLayer: CAGradientLayer { layer as! CAGradientLayer }

    func updatePoints() {
        if horizontalMode {
            gradientLayer.startPoint = diagonalMode ? .init(x: 1, y: 0) : .init(x: 0, y: 0.5)
            gradientLayer.endPoint   = diagonalMode ? .init(x: 0, y: 1) : .init(x: 1, y: 0.5)
        } else {
            gradientLayer.startPoint = diagonalMode ? .init(x: 0, y: 0) : .init(x: 0.5, y: 0)
            gradientLayer.endPoint   = diagonalMode ? .init(x: 1, y: 1) : .init(x: 0.5, y: 1)
        }
    }
    func updateLocations() {
        gradientLayer.locations = [startLocation as NSNumber, endLocation as NSNumber]
    }
    func updateColors() {
        gradientLayer.colors = [startColor.cgColor, endColor.cgColor]
    }
    override public func traitCollectionDidChange(_ previousTraitCollection: UITraitCollection?) {
        super.traitCollectionDidChange(previousTraitCollection)
        updatePoints()
        updateLocations()
        updateColors()
    }

}

我做了一个UIView扩展应用一个基本的渐变到任何视图

extension UIView {
    func layerGradient() {
        let layer : CAGradientLayer = CAGradientLayer()
        layer.frame.size = self.frame.size
        layer.frame.origin = CGPointMake(0.0,0.0)
        layer.cornerRadius = CGFloat(frame.width / 20)

        let color0 = UIColor(red:250.0/255, green:250.0/255, blue:250.0/255, alpha:0.5).CGColor
        let color1 = UIColor(red:200.0/255, green:200.0/255, blue: 200.0/255, alpha:0.1).CGColor
        let color2 = UIColor(red:150.0/255, green:150.0/255, blue: 150.0/255, alpha:0.1).CGColor
        let color3 = UIColor(red:100.0/255, green:100.0/255, blue: 100.0/255, alpha:0.1).CGColor
        let color4 = UIColor(red:50.0/255, green:50.0/255, blue:50.0/255, alpha:0.1).CGColor
        let color5 = UIColor(red:0.0/255, green:0.0/255, blue:0.0/255, alpha:0.1).CGColor
        let color6 = UIColor(red:150.0/255, green:150.0/255, blue:150.0/255, alpha:0.1).CGColor

        layer.colors = [color0,color1,color2,color3,color4,color5,color6]
        self.layer.insertSublayer(layer, atIndex: 0)
    }
}