Question

I am trying to put a custom UIButton on a custom UIView but the UIButton is not appearing. Although when I try to print UISubViews of my UIView, it shows the UIButton object there.

Below is the piece of the code I am writing to put the button on my custom UIView

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        self.headerLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
        self.headerLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        self.headerLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        self.headerLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:kApplicationHeaderTextFont];
        [self addSubview:self.headerLabel];

        self.actionButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
        self.actionButton.frame = CGRectZero;
        [self addSubview:self.actionButton];
    }
    return self;
}
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)iTotalRect{
    if (self.actionButtonImage) {
        self.actionButton.frame = CGRectMake(self.frame.size.width - self.actionButtonImage.size.width - 10.0, self.frame.size.height / 2 - self.actionButtonImage.size.height / 2, self.actionButtonImage.size.width, self.actionButtonImage.size.height);
        [self.actionButton setImage:self.actionButtonImage forState:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    }

Anybody know what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

so I found what you need!!

maybe this:

 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];

and now u can add your options! try it!

here is something from part of my app that u can see what i mean:

- (void)addMyButton{    // Method for creating button, with background image and other properties

    UIButton *playButton = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect] retain];
    playButton.frame = CGRectMake(110.0, 360.0, 100.0, 30.0);
    [playButton setTitle:@"Play" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    playButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    [playButton setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal ];
    UIImage *buttonImageNormal = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blueButton.png"];
    UIImage *strechableButtonImageNormal = [buttonImageNormal stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:12 topCapHeight:0];
    [playButton setBackgroundImage:strechableButtonImageNormal forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    UIImage *buttonImagePressed = [UIImage imageNamed:@"whiteButton.png"];
    UIImage *strechableButtonImagePressed = [buttonImagePressed stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:12 topCapHeight:0];
    [playButton setBackgroundImage:strechableButtonImagePressed forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [playButton addTarget:self action:@selector(playAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:playButton];  
}

well I found the final solution for you:

UIButton *btnTwo = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect]; 
btnTwo.frame = CGRectMake(40, 140, 240, 30);
[btnTwo setTitle:@"vc2:v1" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
btnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"];
[btnTwo setImage:btnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btnTwo addTarget:self action:@selector(goToOne) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:btnTwo];