Dim UIButton text when tapped - ios

Question

I am using custom UIButtons, and what I want to do is make it so that when a user touches the button it dims, or turns a grayish color, like the regular button does.
I just want the text to temporarily change color temporally when the users lifts there figure it will be back to the regular color.
I have tried this code:
button.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = TRUE;
but that just makes a white circle around it which is not what I'm looking for.
Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

The easiest way I've come across is:
[myButton setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[myButton setTitleColor:[UIColor greenColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

Answer 2

Try changing alpha of title label on button click like this
- (IBAction)buttonClick:(id)sender {
UIButton *button = sender;
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.2 delay:0.0 options:UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction|UIViewAnimationOptionCurveEaseInOut animations:^
{
[button.titleLabel setAlpha:0.5];
} completion:^(BOOL finished)
{
[button.titleLabel setAlpha:1];
}];
}

Answer 3

You can utilize the following UIControlEvents:
UIControlEventTouchDown
UIControlEventTouchUpInside
UIControlEventTouchUpOutside
Assign target-action methods to them appropriately like so:
//when touch initiated
[myButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(buttonTouchStartAct:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
//on touch released outside button bounds
[myButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(buttonTouchEndAct:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpOutside];
//on touch released while still inside button bounds (most commonly used)
[myButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(buttonAct:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
-(void)buttonTouchStartAct:(UIButton *)sender
{
[sender.titleLabel setTextColor:[UIColor redColor]];
}
-(void)buttonTouchEndAct:(UIButton *)sender
{
[sender.titleLabel setTextColor:[UIColor greenColor]];
}
-(void)buttonAct:(UIButton *)sender
{
//touch ended in this case too
[self buttonTouchEndAct:sender];
//...
//your main button logic
//...
}

Answer 4

//when touch initiated
[myButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(buttonTouchStartAct:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
//on touch released outside button bounds
[myButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(buttonTouchEndAct:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpOutside];
//on touch released while still inside button bounds (most commonly used)
[myButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(buttonAct:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
and then inside the method change the color of the button