What Is IBInspectable And IBDesignable?

Ans : 

IBDesignable and IBInspectable , a way to create custom elements and the attributes . This can be directly added to the iOS Interface Builder.


IBDesignable : 

IBDesignable attribute will identify the UIView or the elements inherited from UIView
i.e: UIButton, UIImageView, UILabel etc

Code :

@IBDesignable
open class KGHighLightedButton: UIButton {

}

IBInspectable : 

@IBInspectable var borderWidth: Double {
        get {
                 return Double(self.layer.borderWidth)
              }
       set {
                 self.layer.borderWidth = CGFloat(newValue)
            }
  }

@IBInspectable var borderColor: UIColor?  {
       get {
                return UIColor(cgColor: self.layer.borderColor!)
             }
      set {
               self.layer.borderColor = newValue?.cgColor
           }
  }

Due to above code, you can set above properties in attribute inspector like following :

So using @IBDesignable and @IBInspectable, you can change make inspectable property and see live changes in IB interface builder without run.

Note : 

IBInspectable can be used with the below types,

Int
CGFloat
Double
String
Bool
CGPoint
CGSize
CGRect
UIColor
UIImage