Question

I have this

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button addTarget:self
              action:@selector(myAction:)
    forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];

[button setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"Action", @"")
           forState:UIControlStateNormal];
CGFloat width = button.bounds.size.width;

at this point width is zero…

zero?

any clues why?

Answer 1

Call sizeToFit on your button after setting the title label. This will size it appropriately to the text you have just set.

This gets called anyway on the button before it is drawn, but since you seem to need it earlier, you can do it yourself.