Custom UIButton with Highlighted Background in Xcode

4/5 Custom UIButton with Highlighted Background Images in Xcode

You can customize the press state, also known as the highlighted state of your UIButton. Change your button type from System to Custom in Interface Builder.

Part 1/5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waKXlYQHGlA
Part 2/5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdOUVC_wJmw
Part 3/5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AZ0JgKhQU
Part 4/5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzttkcAQlK8
Part 5/5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It3dsnGhhLo

After you change it you'll be responsible for setting the title text color, keeping the button in-sync with the view's tint color, animating it, and changing the font size from 18 to 15 (to match system button styles).

Add code to make the button animate and fit in with iOS 7 and iOS 8 button styles, and you can still have full control of the button border graphic.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];

// Add a fade animation
[self.button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonTouchDown:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[self.button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonTouchUpInside:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}

- (void)buttonTouchDown:(UIButton *)button {
button.titleLabel.alpha = 0.15;
}

- (void)buttonTouchUpInside:(UIButton *)button {
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^{
button.titleLabel.alpha = 1.0;
}];
}

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