I would like to create a custom button, which have a custom background image, icon and a label.
It looks very similar like the Twitter button i found:
Any good suggestion is appreciated!
You need to import quartz
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
then to create button like your twitter button simply write this code:
UIButton *yourButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
yourButton.frame = CGRectMake(50, 50, 100, 50);
yourButton.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
yourButton.clipsToBounds = YES;
yourButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:57.0/255.0 green:178.0/255.0 blue:235.0/255.0 alpha:1.0];
//if you want to set image as background
//[yourButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"background_image"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]
[yourButton setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[yourButton setTitle:#"Twitter" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[yourButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"twitter_icon"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
Yes, you can set the button type to "custom" in interface builder. Then you can set the background image, icon, text, and colors to whatever you prefer.
To get rounded corners, you'll have to add some code:
button.layer.cornerRadius = 10; // Change to the value you desire.
button.clipsToBounds = YES;
I want to add a back arrow to a leftBarButtonItem, to make it appear visually as if it was a regular back button, although it's functionality is slightly different.
Is there a way to do this?
You can use custom button and hide the back button if you are using navigation controller.
To hide back button use this:
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;
And for Custom Button:
UIButton * customButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[customButton setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:197.0/255.0 green:190.0/255.0 blue:157.0/255.0 alpha:1.0]];
[customButton setTitle:#"Do Something" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
customButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica-Bold" size:11.0f];
[customButton.layer setCornerRadius:3.0f];
[customButton.layer setMasksToBounds:YES];
[customButton.layer setBorderWidth:1.0f];
[customButton.layer setBorderColor: [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor]];
customButton.frame=CGRectMake(0.0, 100.0, 50.0, 25.0);
[customButton addTarget:self action:#selector(customMethod:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIBarButtonItem * customItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:customButton];
customItem.tintColor=[UIColor blackColor];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = customItem;
This will work for you.
Happy Coding
If you are using UINavigationController and then push new viewcontroller it will automatically show back button.
If you are Not Using UINavigationController than
Use Custom UIButton for that with back image
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
backButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 48, 37);
[backButton addTarget:self action:#selector(backButtonTapped) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
backButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
UIImage *backButtonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back-button.png"];
[backButton setImage:backButtonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
backButton.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(10, 10, 10, 10);
UIBarButtonItem *backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backButton];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backBarButtonItem;
You can change the value for the frame and the imageEdgeInsets as per your requirements.
Refer this SO Answer.
I am using xcode 4.6 to develop an app. Here i want to add UIButton programmatically to UIscrollview. This is the code i follow.
UIButton *bt =[[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:frame];
bt=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[bt setTitle:#"Custom Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[bt addTarget:self action:#selector(userTappedOnLink:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
bt.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
bt.titleLabel.textColor=[UIColor blueColor];
[self.mainscrollview addSubview:bt];
[self.mainscrollview bringSubviewToFront:bt];
Now the problem is that Button gets disappeared (technically its textcolor becomes white) on click. I checked keeping UIscrollview color to red that th button was still in the view but i cant get the reason why its text color changed and how do i undo dis.
Basically I wan to create a clickable link using UIbutton.
I know uitextview approach (datadetectortype) but its of no use as i want to show different text in the label for the link and the actual link.
Note: The textcolor doesnt change back to blue and remains white only.
Thanks in advance.
Try the below code
UIButton *bt =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
bt.frame = CGRectMake(50.0, 50.0, 100.0, 50.0);
[bt setTitle:#"Custom Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[bt addTarget:self action:#selector(userTappedOnLink:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
bt.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
bt.titleLabel.textColor=[UIColor blueColor];
[self.scrollTest addSubview:bt];
-(void)userTappedOnLink:(UIButton*)sender
{
NSLog(#"Test ..");
[self performSelector:#selector(changeBtnTextColor:) withObject:sender afterDelay:1.0];
}
-(void)changeBtnTextColor:(UIButton*)btn
{
btn.titleLabel.textColor=[UIColor blueColor];
}
hope it will work for you.
use below code you will get your solution
UIButton *bt =[[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:frame];
bt=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[bt setTitle:#"Custom Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[bt addTarget:self action:#selector(userTappedOnLink:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[bt setBackgroundColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
[bt setTitleColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.mainscrollview addSubview:bt];
[self.mainscrollview bringSubviewToFront:bt];
Use the below code:
[bt setTitleColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
Problem is you are set Title to titleLabel and you are changing textColor of buttonTitle color.
All the best !!!
check Button's Fram .. is it valid or not ??
and remove bt=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; line from your code.
I have a backbutton with an image I'm using in my navigation controller, and I'd like to set the text over top of the image. I tried this but it doesn't seem to show up:
UIImage *normalBackImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"button_tl.png"];
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; backButton.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, normalBackImage.size.width, normalBackImage.size.height );
[backButton setImage:normalBackImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
backButton.titleLabel.text = #"Back";
Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks!
set the title's color, else you'll not see anything :)
setTitleColor:forState:
2.
dont try to set the image (which means FOREGROUND image). Instead set the BACKGROUND image :)
– setBackgroundImage:forState:
sample:
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
backButton.frame = CGRectMake(10, 10, 100, 50);
[backButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[backButton setTitle:#"Bla" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIImage *normalBackImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"button_tl.png"];
[backButton setBackgroundImage:normalBackImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.view addSubview:backButton];
You could create a UILabel and add it as a subview to your UIImage. That would look something like this (writing code outside the compiler, might not be perfect)
UILabel *myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
[myLabel setText:#"My Label Text"];
[image addSubview:myLabel];
I need a UIButton with image & text. Image should be in the top & text comes under the image both should be clickable.
I see very complicated answers, all of them using code. However, if you are using Interface Builder, there is a very easy way to do this:
Select the button and set a title and an image. Note that if you set the background instead of the image then the image will be resized if it is smaller than the button.
Set the position of both items by changing the edge and insets. You could even control the alignment of both in the Control section.
You could even use the same approach by code, without creating UILabels and UIImages inside as other solutions proposed. Always Keep It Simple!
EDIT: Attached a small example having the 3 things set (title, image and background) with correct insets
I think you are looking for this solution for your problem:
UIButton *_button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[_button setFrame:CGRectMake(0.f, 0.f, 128.f, 128.f)]; // SET the values for your wishes
[_button setCenter:CGPointMake(128.f, 128.f)]; // SET the values for your wishes
[_button setClipsToBounds:false];
[_button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"jquery-mobile-icon.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; // SET the image name for your wishes
[_button setTitle:#"Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[_button.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:24.f]];
[_button setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; // SET the colour for your wishes
[_button setTitleColor:[UIColor redColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted]; // SET the colour for your wishes
[_button setTitleEdgeInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.f, 0.f, -110.f, 0.f)]; // SET the values for your wishes
[_button addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonTouchedUpInside:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]; // you can ADD the action to the button as well like
...the rest of the customisation of the button is your duty now, and don't forget to add the button to your view.
UPDATE #1 and UPDATE #2
or, if you don't need a dynamic button you could add your button to your view in the Interface Builder and you could set the same values at there as well. it is pretty same, but here is this version as well in one simple picture.
you can also see the final result in the Interface Builder as it is on the screenshot.
Xcode-9 and Xcode-10 Apple done few changes regarding Edge Inset now, you can change it under size-inspector.
Please follow below steps:
Step-1:
Input text and select image which you want to show:
Step-2:
Select button control as per your requirement as shown in below image:
Step-3:
Now go-to size inspector and add value as per your requirement:
swift version:
var button = UIButton()
newGameButton.setTitle("Новая игра", for: .normal)
newGameButton.setImage(UIImage(named: "energi"), for: .normal)
newGameButton.backgroundColor = .blue
newGameButton.imageEdgeInsets.left = -50
In my case, I wanted to add UIImage to the right and UILabel to the left. Maybe I can achieve that by writing code (like the above mentioned), but I prefer not to write code and get it done by using the storyboard as much as possible. So this is how did it:
First, write down something in your label box and select an image that you want to show:
And that will create a button looking like this:
Next, look for Semantic and select Force Right-to-Left (If you don't specify anything, then it will show the image to the left and label to the right like the above image):
Finally, you'll see UIImage to the right and UILabel to the left:
To add space between a label and an image, go to the Size inspector and change those values depending on your requirement:
That's it!
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
button.imageView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"your image name here"];
button.titleLabel.text = #"your text here";
but following code will show label above and image in background
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
button.background.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"your image name here"];
button.titleLabel.text = #"your text here";
There is no need to use label and button in same control because UIButton has UILabel and UIimageview properties.
Use this code:
UIButton *sampleButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[sampleButton setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 10, 200, 52)];
[sampleButton setTitle:#"Button Title" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[sampleButton setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20]];
[sampleButton setBackgroundImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:#"redButton.png"]
stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:10.0 topCapHeight:0.0] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[sampleButton addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonPressed)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:sampleButton]
You should create custom imageview for image and custom label for text and you add to your button as subviews. That's it.
UIButton *yourButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
yourButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
yourButton.frame = CGRectMake(140, 40, 175, 30);
[yourButton addTarget:self action:#selector(yourButtonSelected:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:yourButton];
UIImageView *imageView1 = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, yourButton.frame.size.width, yourButton.frame.size.height/2)];
imageView1.image =[UIImage imageNamed:#"images.jpg"];
[yourButton addSubview:imageView1];
UILabel *label=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, yourButton.frame.size.height/2, yourButton.frame.size.width, yourButton.frame.size.height/2)];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
label.textAlignment= UITextAlignmentCenter;
label.text = #"ButtonTitle";
[yourButton addSubview:label];
For testing purpose, use yourButtonSelected: method
-(void)yourButtonSelected:(id)sender{
NSLog(#"Your Button Selected");
}
I think it will be helpful to you.
Use this code:
UIButton *button=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
button.imageView.frame=CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 50.0f, 44.0f);///You can replace it with your own dimensions.
UILabel *label=[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 35.0f, 50.0f, 44.0f)];///You can replace it with your own dimensions.
[button addSubview:label];
I encountered the same problem, and I fix it by creating a new subclass of UIButton and overriding the layoutSubviews: method as below :
-(void)layoutSubviews {
[super layoutSubviews];
// Center image
CGPoint center = self.imageView.center;
center.x = self.frame.size.width/2;
center.y = self.imageView.frame.size.height/2;
self.imageView.center = center;
//Center text
CGRect newFrame = [self titleLabel].frame;
newFrame.origin.x = 0;
newFrame.origin.y = self.imageView.frame.size.height + 5;
newFrame.size.width = self.frame.size.width;
self.titleLabel.frame = newFrame;
self.titleLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
}
I think that the Angel García Olloqui's answer is another good solution, if you place all of them manually with interface builder but I'll keep my solution since I don't have to modify the content insets for each of my button.
Make UIImageView and UILabel, and set image and text to both of this....then Place a custom button over imageView and Label....
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"search.png"]];
imageView.frame = CGRectMake(x, y, imageView.frame.size.width, imageView.frame.size.height);
[self.view addSubview:imageView];
UILabel *yourLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x, y,a,b)];
yourLabel.text = #"raj";
[self.view addSubview:yourLabel];
UIButton * yourBtn=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[yourBtn setFrame:CGRectMake(x, y,c,d)];
[yourBtn addTarget:self action:#selector(#"Your Action") forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:yourBtn];
It's really simple,just add image to background of you button and give text to titlelabel of button for uicontrolstatenormal.
That's it.
[btn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"img.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn setContentVerticalAlignment:UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentBottom];
[btn setTitle:#"Click Me" forState:UIControlStateNormal];