I need to implement a custom switch in a project. Currently what I have found is that we cannot alter with UISwitch in way to implement as shown in below image. I've followed posts and googled through stackoverflow and other blogs but didn't found a solution as desired. One way is to go with UISegmented control as in this post, but that too doesn't solves my problem.
Thanks in advance for any help
What's so hard about creating your own switch? A UISwitch is a control, essentially just a view that sends a message -- with two states. You could set it up like this:
container view: a simple view with rounded corners (set the cornerRadius
of the view's layer) and a background color
left image: an image view that displays the image you want to show on the left side, i.e. the check mark for your example
right image: an image view that displays the image you want to show on the right side, i.e. the X mark for your example
slider: an image view showing the slider portion of the switch, set above the other two image views
When the user taps or swipes the control, use Core Animation to move the slider to the other side of the switch and update the state of the control and do a quick fade to the background color for the new state. Send the control's action to the target.
As gasparuff says, you can also do it with a UIButton, just set the images:
[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image_on"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image_off"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
and when it's tapped just toggle the selected property.
- (void) buttonTap {
button.selected = !button.selected;
}
Which will change the images automatically.
It looks like you just want your control to have only 2 states - enabled and disabled.
An easy way for this would be to create 2 png-images and use a custom UIButton with a background image and just replace those 2 images each time the button is tapped.
Is this what you are trying to do or did I misunderstand something?
You know about -[UISwitch setOnImage:]
and -[UISwitch setOffImage:]
, right? Also -[UISwitch setTintColor]
. About the only drawback I can see is that the switch, itself, will be the standard iOS switch (round button) but, otherwise, this would be the most-iOS-like solution.
When implementing your own on/offImage, remember the size restrictions, and also that the side of the image toward the switch is concave. tintColor
can be used to make the rest of the switch reflect your color scheme. You might want to track the valueChanged
event so alter the tint color.
If you need the exact look you display in your question (square switch button), then you probably want to use a custom control, as @Caleb suggested.