Apply vertical mask alpha gradient to UITableView

GradientLayer + Mask + TableView.swift

let gradient = CAGradientLayer()

gradient.frame = tableView.superview?.bounds ?? CGRectNull
gradient.colors = [UIColor.clearColor().CGColor, UIColor.clearColor().CGColor, UIColor.blackColor().CGColor, UIColor.blackColor().CGColor, UIColor.clearColor().CGColor, UIColor.clearColor().CGColor]
gradient.locations = [0.0, 0.15, 0.25, 0.75, 0.85, 1.0]
tableView.superview?.layer.mask = gradient

tableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()

Result.md

This is brilliant, thanks for sharing it.

This is the only snippet I've found that does what I'm aiming to have done. For some reason though, it is chopping off the right side of my table's contents... its odd.