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Asked: May 27, 20262026-05-27T02:47:48+00:00 2026-05-27T02:47:48+00:00

after tapping the ‘record’ BarButtonItem I would like to keep it programmatically highlighted until

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after tapping the ‘record’ BarButtonItem I would like to keep it programmatically highlighted until the recording is over. The highlighting graphics of iOS are very good, therefor I would like to remain or set that state.

Up to now I found ‘setSelected’ and ‘setHighlighted’ but these do not work on a UIBarButtonItem.
Any suggestions on how to solve this? Thank you in advance, Koen.

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    2026-05-27T02:47:49+00:00Added an answer on May 27, 2026 at 2:47 am

    setSelected and setHighlighted work fine on UIControls, but not UIBarButtonItems (which are not UIControls).

    I’d recommend using UIBarButtonItem’s - (void)setBackgroundImage:(UIImage *)backgroundImage forState:(UIControlState)state barMetrics:(UIBarMetrics)barMetrics (documentation linked) method to change the background image to something that mimics highlighting.

    You can also set a custom UIView on the item which also mimics highlighting (see the customView property).

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