In Xcode, make a button look like a text field or a textfield look like a button - objective-c

Question

In Xcode (iOS), I have a screen with a combination of buttons and text fields. However, they look different. Is there a way that I can have a button look like a textfield? Or is there a way I can make a textfield act like a button (perform some action when pressed and don't bring up the keyboard)?
Thanks

Answer 1

You can try one of these:
place a transparent (custom with no image) button on top of the text field and attach the desired action to it
show your view in the implementation of the textFieldShouldBeginEditing: UITextFieldDelegate protocol method
Subclassing is also an option, but it will probably complicate your task too much.

Answer 2

If You want to perform an action and do not bring up the keyboard when pressed on UITextField You can do it like this:
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
// do here everything you want
NSLog(#"Pressed on TextField!");
[self.view endEditing:YES]; // Hide keyboard
return NO;
}
This function will be called every time when pressed on textField.
** Don't forget to delegate UITextField.
Note: With this You will face the problem: if keyboard is shown it will not hide, so You need also add -endEditing:YES.

Answer 3

You need to custom one of them ... or both
Exemple : create a class CustomTextField : UITextField
in this class use :
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
Play with style

Answer 4

Late answer, but nevertheless. I did this to make a UIButton look like a UITextField
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIButton *resolutionButton;
And in viewDidLoad:
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[[self.resolutionButton layer] setBorderColor: [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.6f alpha:0.6f].CGColor];
self.resolutionButton.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0f;
self.resolutionButton.layer.borderWidth = 0.5f;
}