How to remove CAGradientLayer from it's super layer

cagradientlayer, calayer, ios, uiview

Solution

I use these and then I check to make sure it's removed:

// assuming there is only 1 gradientLayer this should print 1
print(parentView.layer.sublayers?.count as Any)

parentView.layer.sublayers?.removeAll() // remove everything from the parentView
gradientLayer.removeFromSuperlayer() // just to be safe

// check to see if it's in the parentView or not
if let _ = (parentView.layer.sublayers?.compactMap { $0 as? CAGradientLayer })?.first {

    print("gradientLayer has not been removed")
} else {

    print("yay it's removed")
}

// this should now print nil
print(parentView.layer.sublayers?.count as Any)

Problem

I add the layer to my view: ``` [self.layer insertSublayer:_gradient above:_another.layer]; ``` Then it doesn't seem to get removed with this, even if I call needsDisplay on the super layer: ``` [_gradient removeFromSuperlayer]; ``` How can I remove it?

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