I have a navigation bar button that displays both image and text. This is the code:
UIImage *saveImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"star.png"];
UIButton *saveButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[saveButton setBackgroundImage:saveImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[saveButton setTitle:#"Save" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
saveButton.frame = (CGRect) {
.size.width = 100,
.size.height = 30,
};
UIBarButtonItem *barButton= [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:saveButton];
[self.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItem:barButton animated:YES];
I tried this
[barButton setAction:#selector(saveArray)];
but it doesn't work.
Remember that you must specify target as well. You can set action/target to the UIButton object itself:
[saveButton addTarget:target action:#selector(saveArray) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
I've tried to set target/action to the UIBarButtonItem directly but it seems not to work in case of UIButton for custom view for some reason.
Did you remember to set the target? If the desired method belongs to the same class, you could do:
[barButton setTarget:self];
That said, action and target are both properties (new to Obj-C 2.0), consider using the dot notation:
barButton.action = #selector(saveArray:)
barButton.target = self;
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I am creating a custom button with its own image, and assigning it to the rightbarbutton of a nabvigationcontroller I have. The problem is that when the user clicks on the button I get an exceptoin about my controller not recognizing that selctor??
UIImage* image1 = [UIImage imageNamed:#"someImage.png"];
CGRect imgRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, image1.size.width/1.8, image1.size.height/1.8);
UIButton *myButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:imgRect];
[myButton setBackgroundImage:image1 forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[myButton addTarget:self action:#selector(nextScreenButtonAction) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIBarButtonItem *barButton =[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:myButton];
[self.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItem:myButton];
self.navigationController.navigationBarHidden = false;
May be this is the problem nextScreenButtonAction change it to
[myButton addTarget:self action:#selector(nextScreenButtonAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]
In your method definition you be passing and argument like
-(IBAction) nextScreenButtonAction:(id)sender
{
}
so in the addTarget you need to specify a colon(:) to indicate parameter
In response to below code,
[myButton addTarget:self action:#selector(nextScreenButtonAction) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
Make sure that you have create method in the same class like,
- (void) nextScreenButtonAction
{
// write your logic here...
}
Unfortunately there is no showsTouchWhenHighlighted for UIBarButtonItem and I can't edit my button from the toolbar...
The property responsible for this is accessible in the UIButton class:
myButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = NO;
You can access this (programmatically) in a UIBarButtonItem by assigning a UIButton to the bar button item's customView property, and configuring the button. You can do this in Interface Builder too: drag a UIButton onto a UIToolbar, and it will automatically embed it in a UIBarButtonItem for you - then look for the "Shows Touch On Highlight" checkbox under the button's settings.
Incidentally, I don't know how you're customising your buttons so feel free to ignore this, but if your button looks and behaves like a standard toolbar item then users will expect the glow effect.
Answer from here
EDIT:
Try this then:
UIImage* buttonImage = [UIImage imageNamed: #"header.navigation.back.png"];
UIButton *aButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[aButton setImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
aButton.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, buttonImage.size.width/2, 32);
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:aButton];
[aButton addTarget:self action:#selector(backToPriorView) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton;
[backButton release];
I want to set background image for every navigation item(button) (universal).
How should these images look?
Are there fixed dimensions or it is possible to create repeating background image?
How to programmatically change then this background image?
Thank's for help
UPDATE:
I found this code for changing background of this button but it's no working.
UIImage *barButton = [UIImage imageNamed:#"button_background.png"];
[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setBackgroundImage:barButton forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
And I don't know which dimensions should be.
P.S. I want to change background of button just like you can change background color (self.navigation.controller.nvigationBar.tintColor..)
The code below might solve your problem
UIButton *backBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
UIImage *backBtnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"button_background.png"] ;
[backBtn setBackgroundImage:backBtnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[backBtn addTarget:self action:#selector(goback) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
backBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 54, 30);
UIBarButtonItem *cancelButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backBtn] ;
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = cancelButton;
u need to create Custom Back Button i m afraid
check this code out
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"yourImage.png"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered
target:nil
action:nil];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton;
[backButton release];
Let me know if it worked
Cheers
what about categories?
For example, you can do so:
#interface UIBarButtonItem(JFAdditions)
- (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage*)img;//add target and action if need
#end
#implementation UIBarButtonItem(JFAdditions)
- (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage*)img
{
UIButton * btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
//add background image and text on button, target and action if need, also
self = [self initWithCustomView:btn];
return self;
}
When I make a custom UIButton with a background in interface builder, it gives me this default functionality of when i touch up inside, it sort of blacks out the image.
If I create the UIButton programmatically, like this:
buttonPic = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 5, 100, 63)];
[[buttonPic imageView] setContentMode:UIViewContentModeScaleToFill];
[buttonPic setImage:[video pic] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
it doesn't behave like the one I created in IB at all. Nothing changes when I touch up inside.
Is there a settings in UIButton that I am missing?
Thanks
This is how to create a UIButton programatically.
//Specify the type of the button first. No need to use alloc-init for UIButton like other view objects.
UIButton *myBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
// Give UIButtonTypeRoundedRect to get default Interface builder style button.
myBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 40);
[self.view addSubview:myBtn];
// Since the button type is custom, give an image to make it visible.
[myBtn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"] forState:normal];
[myBtn addTarget:self action:#selector(myAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
// These are some optional methods you may want to use.
myBtn.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Arial" size:15];
[myBtn setTitle:#"my button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[myBtn setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:normal];
[myBtn setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentCenter];
I think you must enable one of this two options:
buttonPic.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
buttonPic.reversesTitleShadowWhenHighlighted = YES;
I tried to use BarButton but this is wrong:
CGSize thumbSize = CGSizeMake(30.0, 30.0);
UIImageView *annotationThumbnail = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[((Sight *)annotation).thumbnail imageToFitSize:thumbSize method:MGImageResizeScale]];
UIBarButtonItem *annotationButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:annotationThumbnail];
annotationView.leftCalloutAccessoryView = annotationButton;
UIBarButtonItem is not a subclass of UIView, so using an instance of UIBarButtonItem in a place that expects a view isn't going to work. Instead, you could just use annotationThumbnail like this:
annotationView.leftCalloutAccessoryView = annotationThumbnail;
If you instead use a UIControl subclass, like UIButton, map's delegate will get a -mapView:annotationView:calloutAccessoryControlTapped: message if someone taps the callout accessory:
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button setBackgroundImage:someImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.frame = someRect;
annotationView.leftCalloutAccessoryView = button;