UIButton titleLabel not displaying
You always need to specify ControlState when updating button’s title! There are four possible values for UIButtons: UIControlStateNormal UIControlStateHighlighted UIControlStateDisabled UIControlStateSelected so for example: [button setTitle:@”Title” forState:UIControlStateNormal]; and then you can set custom settings for titleLabel: [button.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@”Zapfino” size:20.0]]; [button.titleLabel setTextColor:[UIColor blueColor]];