How do I create a basic UIButton programmatically?

Question

How can I create a basic UIButton programmatically? For example in my view controller, when executing the viewDidLoad method, three UIButtons will be created dynamically and its layout or properties are set.

Answer 1

You can just put the creator instance within a loop and dynamically add names from an array if you so wish.

Answer 2

You can create button by this code.

 UIButton *btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
 [btn addTarget:self action:@selector(btnAction) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDragInside];
 [btn setTitle:@"click button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
  btn.frame = CGRectMake(50, 100, 80, 40);
  [self.view addSubview:btn];

Here is the button action method

 -(void)btnAction
 {
   NSLog(@"button clicked");
 }

Answer 3

try this:

first write this in your .h file of viewcontroller

UIButton *btn;

Now write this in your .m file of viewcontrollers viewDidLoad.

btn=[[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 20, 30, 30)];
[btn setBackgroundColor:[UIColor orangeColor]];
[btn setTitle: @"My Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn setTitleColor: [UIColor blueVolor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn.layer setBorderWidth:1.0f];
[btn.layer setBorderColor:[UIColor BlueVolor].CGColor];
//adding action programatically
[btn addTarget:self action:@selector(btnClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:btn];

write this outside viewDidLoad method in .m file of your view controller

- (IBAction)btnClicked:(id)sender
{
  //Write a code you want to execute on buttons click event
}

Answer 4

Check out this code:

CGRect frameimg = CGRectMake(15, 46, 55,70);
UIButton  *SelectionButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
SelectionButton.frame=frameimg;
SelectionButton.tag=i;
[SelectionButton setTitle:[SelectionArray objectAtIndex:0] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[SelectionButton addTarget:self action:@selector(BtnSelected:)
                  forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[SelectionButton.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12.0]];
SelectionButton.titleLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
SelectionButton.titleLabel.numberOfLines = 2;
SelectionButton.titleLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
[SelectionButton setTitleColor:[UIColor grayColor] forState:(UIControlStateNormal)];
[SelectionButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[SelectionButton setShowsTouchWhenHighlighted:YES];
[self.view addSubview:SelectionButton];

I hope you find this code useful.

Answer 5

Objective-C

UIButton *but= [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[but addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
 [but setFrame:CGRectMake(52, 252, 215, 40)];
[but setTitle:@"Login" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[but setExclusiveTouch:YES];

 // if you like to add backgroundImage else no need
   [but setbackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"XXX.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

[self.view addSubview:but];

-(void) buttonClicked:(UIButton*)sender
 {
NSLog(@"you clicked on button %@", sender.tag);
 }

Swift

    let myButton = UIButton() // if you want to set the type use like UIButton(type: .RoundedRect) or UIButton(type: .Custom)
    myButton.setTitle("Hai Touch Me", forState: .Normal)
    myButton.setTitleColor(UIColor.blueColor(), forState: .Normal)
    myButton.frame = CGRectMake(15, 50, 300, 500)
    myButton.addTarget(self, action: "pressedAction:", forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)

    self.view.addSubview( myButton)


func pressedAction(sender: UIButton!) {
   // do your stuff here 
  NSLog("you clicked on button %@", sender.tag)
}

Swift3 and above

  let myButton = UIButton() // if you want to set the type use like UIButton(type: .RoundedRect) or UIButton(type: .Custom)
    myButton.setTitle("Hi, Click me", for: .normal)
    myButton.setTitleColor(UIColor.blue, for: .normal)
    myButton.frame = CGRect(x: 15, y: 50, width: 300, height: 500)

    myButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(pressedAction(_:)), for: .touchUpInside)
    self.view.addSubview( myButton)



func pressedAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
   // do your stuff here 
  print("you clicked on button \(sender.tag)")
}

Answer 6

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button addTarget:self 
       action:@selector(aMethod:)
 forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[button setTitle:@"Show View" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.frame = CGRectMake(80.0, 210.0, 160.0, 40.0);
[view addSubview:button];