Question

I want to highlight UIBarButton when touched is it possible if so please help me.

UIBarButtonItem *leftBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh target:self action:@selector(refreshAction)];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButton;
[leftBarButton release];

Thank You
Praveena

Answer 1

Highlighting when touched is the behaviour of UIButton. It has a propery showsTouchWhenHighlighted, when set to YES shows white flash when touched. So, you can’t make UIBarButtonItem behave it like that.

You can create a UIButton, enable showsTouchWhenHighlighted, and add it to a UIBarButtonItem.

UIButton *btn;
// Create and configure the UIButton
btn.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
UIBarButtonItem *barBtn = [UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:btn];
// Configure and add the UIBarButtonItem