Question

I am programatically creating views, when I add a button with a title all I see is some text and a clear background. Is there a way to get a default looking button with rounded corners, borders, and pressed states without having to specific every property manually?

If the latter is the case, is there a style guide somewhere so I can get default-look buttons?

Answer 1

Try this:

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];                     
button.frame = CGRectMake(100, 100, 30, 30);
button.titleLabel.text = @"A Button";
[self.view addSubview: button];

Here’s what each line does:

• The first line sets the button type to rounded rect, but it could also be UIButtonTypeCustom, UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure, UIButtonTypeInfoLight, UIButtonTypeInfoDark, UIButtonTypeContactAdd.
• The second line sets the frame of the button, which is where it should be located on the screen and the button’s height and width.
• The third line sets the text of the button to “A Button”.
• The fourth and last line adds the button to the screen.

The button will look like this: