Is this possible? Basically, I want to give my UIView a subview, and have that subview be in front of the view's layer (more specifically, in front of said layer's border).
Of course I could achieve the effect I want by making two subviews of the view's superview, one on top of the other. But I'd rather avoid that if possible.
I looked for this for a while myself; i don't believe it is possible. I solved the issue by, as you hint at, adding the subview and the parent to the same 'container' superview. Then its just a matter of ordering the two subviews, so that your subview is above the other and its border.