Why image is strectching - ios

I have UIbutton with image. I created small image using photoshop with png format. But when it displays in mobile i'm getting stretching. This image is stretching for iphone4 & iphone5 screen sizes. But navigation bar back button text is not stretching. See the difference between back and search button text.
searchbtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
//searchbtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
searchbtn addTarget:self action:#selector(search:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
//[searchbtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"searchinside_iphone.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[searchbtn setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"searchinside_iphone.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[searchbtn setTitle:#"Search" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
searchbtn.frame = CGRectMake(200, 5, 140/2, 60/2);

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UIButton background image not changing on tap

I've got an UIButton which I'm successfully setting the background image for. I want to change the background image when the user taps it (which navigates to the next view controller). Unfortunately, the background doesn't change for taps. However, it does change when I tap and hold the button so I'm pretty confused. Code looks like the following:
UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x_offset, y_offset, width, BUTTON_HEIGHT)];
[button setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
UIImage *buttonImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:#"main_button"]
resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(10, 10, 10, 10)];
UIImage *pressedbuttonImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:#"main_button_pressed"]
resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(10, 10, 10, 10)];
[button setBackgroundImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button setBackgroundImage:pressedbuttonImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
[button setBackgroundImage:pressedbuttonImage forState:UIControlStateApplication];
[button setBackgroundImage:pressedbuttonImage forState:UIControlStateDisabled];
[button setBackgroundImage:pressedbuttonImage forState:UIControlStateReserved];
[button setBackgroundImage:pressedbuttonImage forState:UIControlStateSelected];
return button;
I know I overdid it with the UIControlStates but I wanted to demo that I've tried them all :)
The issue is you are only changing the images when each event occurs. When you tap and hold it'll show the highlighted image. When you change that state it revert back to normal state and show the image (Normal background image)
You can achieve the desired behavior in two ways:
1)
In your IBAction, change the normal button image.
- (IBAction)buttonPressed:(UIButton *)button
{
UIImage *pressedbuttonImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:#"main_button_pressed"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(10, 10, 10, 10)];
[button setBackgroundImage:pressedbuttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
2)
Set selected or highlighted property of button to true
- (IBAction)buttonPressed:(UIButton *)button
{
button.selected = YES;
}
Well the issue is once you have stopped tapping the button, the button's background image is going to default to whatever background image you set for the UIControlStateNormal. So what you need to do is when your button is tapped, reset the UIControlStateNormal background image to whatever image you want after selection of the button.

buttons turn blue when backgroundimage is set

I have a few buttons and when I set a picture as background the icons turn blue, for example:
[self.button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
All pictures are black and white, so I don't understand why they change their color when I set them as a backgroundimage.
Make sure to init the button as a "UIButtonTypeCustom"
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
Then if you want the whole button to be an image, you use:
[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
... Or if you want to have the image as the background, and still see the "title", you use:
[button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
First do
self.button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
and then set image
[self.button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

How to programmatically set my UIButton image to 'redraw'?

I am using some vector graphics (.png) for my app. In photoshop, I can zoom in and always see a perfectly crisp boundary for simple geometric shapes, like circles. However, on my iPhone, my same graphics look jaggedy and rough. I found that if I change the image fill type to redraw', this helps the problem.
So, can someone please confirm if using redraw is the correct solution in this situation? Also, how can I make the image for a programmatically defined button use 'redraw' instead of the default (which I think is 'fill')?
Here is my current button's code:
UIButton *btn1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[btn1 setTitle:#"Cool title" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn1 setFrame:CGRectMake(7, 7, 150, 160)];
[btn1 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"myGraphic.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn1 addTarget:self action:#selector(selectFav) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[_scroller addSubview:btn1];
remove this line:
UIButton *btn1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
add this line:
UIButton *btn1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
set content mode:
[btn1 setContentMode:UIViewContentModeRedraw];
Hope this answers all your concerns!

How to make an UIButton with emboss background image?

This is the effect of button on iPad Safari:
Now I have only the icon file like that:
How can I programmatically make an UIButton with the icon image as background look like the Safari on iPad?
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[btn setImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.view addSubview:btn];
try this one..
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[button setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 150, 30)];
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[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"ar.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
bg.png
ar.png

Customizing UIBarButtonItem in Objective C

I am trying to add image to UIBarButtonItem in IOS App. I am able to add it but the problem is image is taking the size of the button. But I want button to be of the size of the image with borders included in it.
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