Question

i’m creating a button programmaticly for an iPad application. when i see the button, there looks to be a shadow type thing below it. what is it and how can i get rid of it?

here is the code that creates it:

UIButton *myButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
myButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Trebuchet MS" size:12];
[myButton setTitle:@"test" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
myButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.leftScrollView.frame.size.width, 50);

UIImageView *myImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"gear12.png"]];

[myButton addSubview:myImageView];
[self.leftScrollView addSubview:myButton];

UPDATE:

ok, i notice i only get that effect when its in my scrollview. if i add it to the view, no shadow effect.

the top test button, the button is a subview of the view. the bottom button is a subview of the scrollview which is a subview of the view (button/view vs button/scrollview/view).

white section is the view, grey is the scrollview/view.

UPDATE 2:

as pointed out by robmayor, UIButtons always have that double line effect, just not noticeble when the background color is white. the blue is a view and the grey is the subview scrollview.

Answer 1

On iPads, a rounded-rect UIButton always draws a white line along its bottom edge. You can’t see that white line if the button’s superview is white, but it’s still there.

You have a few options:

• Make the superview white. This is the easiest but you might not like the way it looks.

• Make some rounded rect images in your favorite image editor. Set the button type to custom and set your rounded rect images as the button’s images.

• Make a subclass of UIButton and override its drawRect: method.

• Set the button type to custom and use the button’s layer properties (button.layer.backgroundColor, button.layer.borderColor, button.layer.borderWidth, button.layer.cornerRadius) to give the button a rounded rect appearance. You’ll have to update button.layer.backgroundColor when the button is touched if you want it to turn blue like a normal one does. (Actually a normal one uses a blue gradient.)