UIVisualEffectView with a background image

BlurredBackgroundView.swift

import UIKit

class BlurredBackgroundView: UIView {
    let imageView: UIImageView
    let blurView: UIVisualEffectView
    
    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        let blurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: UIBlurEffectStyle.Dark)
        blurView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: blurEffect)
        imageView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(name: "someBackgroundImage.jpg"))
        super.init(frame: frame)
        addSubview(imageView)
        addSubview(blurView)
    }
    
    convenience required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        self.init(frame: CGRectZero)
    }
    
    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()
        imageView.frame = bounds
        blurView.frame = bounds
    }
}