Label shadows for Titanium Android

app.js

var createLabel = require('shadow');

var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
    backgroundColor: '#F00'
});

var label = createLabel({
    text: 'Text with shadow',
    color: '#0F0',
    shadowColor: '#00F',
    shadowOffset: {
        x: 0,
        y: 1
    }
}));

win.add(label);
win.open();

shadow.js

var _ = require((typeof ENV_TEST === 'boolean') ? 'alloy' : 'underscore')._,
    ios = (Ti.Platform.name === 'iPhone OS');

function createLabel(args) {
    if (ios || !args.shadowColor) {
        return Ti.UI.createLabel(args);
    }
    var shadowOffset = _.defaults(args.shadowOffset || {}, {
        x: 0,
        y: -1
  	});
    var shadowColor = args.shadowColor;
    delete args.shadowOffset;
    delete args.shadowColor;
    var shadow = Ti.UI.createLabel(_.extend({}, args, {
    	color: shadowColor,
    }));
    shadow.add(Ti.UI.createLabel(_.extend({}, args, {
    	top: -shadowOffset.y,
    	left: -shadowOffset.x
    })));
    return shadow;
}

if (typeof exports !== 'undefined') {
    if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
        exports = module.exports = createLabel;
    }
    exports.createLabel = createLabel;
}

SHADOW.md

Supporting text shadow for Labels on Android has been a request ever since Titanium 1.7.x. It's now scheduled for 3.2.x, but it probably has been for every version since :)

This small workaround works for 80% of what I need: just a tiny small shadow 1 pixel up or down.

However, you must know that:

• It returns a Label in a Label, which is not officially supported.
• Any further calls to properties or methods will be on the outer (shadow) label only.
• If you use {x:1} as offset, in reality the text will be positioned {left:-1} relative to the shadow.
• Because of the former note this workaround will doo only for small offsets.