Making series of buttons into an array ios - ios

Question

I have about 10-12 buttons that I'm adding to my scrollview. How can I make these into an array of buttons so that I can simplify the code? As of right now my code(only first three buttons are shown) is as follows:
UIButton *redButton =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
redButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 50, 30);
redButton.tag = 2;
[redButton setTitle:#"red" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
redButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[redButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[redButton addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.scollView addSubview:redButton];
UIButton *blueButton =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
blueButton.frame = CGRectMake(70, 0, 50, 30);
blueButton.tag = 3;
[blueButton setTitle:#"blue" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
blueButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
[blueButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[blueButton addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.scollView addSubview:blueButton];
UIButton *greenButton =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
greenButton.frame = CGRectMake(140, 0, 50, 30);
greenButton.tag = 5 ;
[greenButton setTitle:#"green" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
greenButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
[greenButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[greenButton addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.scollView addSubview:greenButton];
...

Answer 1

Can you see if this is possible
- (void)addButtonsToScrollView
{
NSArray *buttons = #[#{#"Tag":#2,#"Title":#"red",#"Color":[UIColor redColor]},
#{#"Tag":#3,#"Title":#"blue",#"Color":[UIColor blueColor]},
#{#"Tag":#5,#"Title":#"green",#"Color":[UIColor greenColor]}];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 50.0f, 30.0f);
for (NSDictionary *dict in buttons)
{
UIButton *button =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
button.frame = frame;
button.tag = [dict[#"Tag"] integerValue];
[button setTitle:dict[#"Title"]
forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.backgroundColor = dict[#"Color"];
[button setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor]
forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonAction:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.scrollView addSubview:button];
frame.origin.x+=frame.size.width+20.0f;
}
CGSize contentSize = self.scrollView.frame.size;
contentSize.width = frame.origin.x;
self.scrollView.contentSize = contentSize;
}

Answer 2

You can use:
[NSArray arrayWithObjects:redButton,greenButton,blueButton,nil];
But might be better off using a NSDictionary
[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
redButton, #"red",
blueButton, #"blue",
greenButton, #"green",
nil];
That way you can use the key to look them up instead of index.

Answer 3

Ok, we have the solution, try this code mate,
-(void) createButtons{
NSDictionary *buttonColors = #{#"Red":[UIColor redColor],#"Green":[UIColor greenColor],#"Black":[UIColor blackColor],#"Yellow":[UIColor yellowColor],#"Blue":[UIColor blueColor]};
int tag = 1;
for(NSString *key in buttonColors.allKeys){
UIColor *color = [buttonColors objectForKey:key];
UIButton *button =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(((tag -1)*70), 0, 50, 30);
[button setFrame:frame];
button.tag = tag;
button.backgroundColor = color;
[button setTitleColor:color forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(buttonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button setTitle:key forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.scrollView addSubview:button];
tag++;
}
}