uibutton – Page 15 – Tarik Billa

Creating a UIImage from a UIColor to use as a background image for UIButton [duplicate]

November 16, 2022 by Tarik

I created a category around UIButton to be able to set the background color of the button and set the state. You might find this useful. @implementation UIButton (ButtonMagic) – (void)setBackgroundColor:(UIColor *)backgroundColor forState:(UIControlState)state { [self setBackgroundImage:[UIButton imageFromColor:backgroundColor] forState:state]; } + (UIImage *)imageFromColor:(UIColor *)color { CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1); UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size); CGContextRef context = … Read more

UIButton: set image for selected-highlighted state

November 15, 2022 by Tarik

I found the solution: need to add addition line [button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@”pressed.png”] forState:UIControlStateSelected | UIControlStateHighlighted];

UIButton: how to center an image and a text using imageEdgeInsets and titleEdgeInsets?

November 15, 2022 by Tarik

For what it’s worth, here’s a general solution to positioning the image centered above the text without using any magic numbers. Note that the following code is outdated and you should probably use one of the updated versions below: // the space between the image and text CGFloat spacing = 6.0; // lower the text … Read more

Disabled UIButton not faded or grey

November 14, 2022 by Tarik

You can use following code: sendButton.enabled = YES; sendButton.alpha = 1.0; or sendButton.enabled = NO; sendButton.alpha = 0.5;

How to disable the highlight control state of a UIButton?

November 14, 2022 by Tarik

Your button must have its buttonType set to Custom. In IB you can uncheck “Highlight adjusts image”. Programmatically you can use theButton.adjustsImageWhenHighlighted = NO; Similar options are available for the “disabled” state as well.

Setting UIButton image results in blue button in iOS 7

October 24, 2022 by Tarik

In iOS7 there is new button type called UIButtonTypeSystem NS_ENUM_AVAILABLE_IOS(7_0), // standard system button Check your .xib file and change button type to Custom To do this programmatically, add this line to the viewDidLoad: [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];

Label under image in UIButton

October 22, 2022 by Tarik

Or you can just use this category: ObjC @interface UIButton (VerticalLayout) – (void)centerVerticallyWithPadding:(float)padding; – (void)centerVertically; @end @implementation UIButton (VerticalLayout) – (void)centerVerticallyWithPadding:(float)padding { CGSize imageSize = self.imageView.frame.size; CGSize titleSize = self.titleLabel.frame.size; CGFloat totalHeight = (imageSize.height + titleSize.height + padding); self.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(- (totalHeight – imageSize.height), 0.0f, 0.0f, – titleSize.width); self.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0f, – imageSize.width, – (totalHeight … Read more

UIButton title text color

October 22, 2022 by Tarik

use Objective-C [headingButton setTitleColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:36/255.0 green:71/255.0 blue:113/255.0 alpha:1.0] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; Swift headingButton.setTitleColor(.black, for: .normal)

How to adjust an UIButton’s imageSize?

October 20, 2022 by Tarik

If I understand correctly what you’re trying to do, you need to play with the buttons image edge inset. Something like: myLikesButton.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 30, left: 30, bottom: 30, right: 30)

UIButton: Making the hit area larger than the default hit area

October 19, 2022 by Tarik

Since I am using a background image, none of these solutions worked well for me. Here is a solution that does some fun objective-c magic and offers a drop in solution with minimal code. First, add a category to UIButton that overrides the hit test and also adds a property for expanding the hit test … Read more