Make a UIButton programmatically in Swift

Question

I am trying to build UI\'s programmatically. How do I get this action working? I am developing with Swift.

Code in viewDidLoad:

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Answer 1

Swift 3: You can create a UIButton programmatically

either inside a methods scope for example in ViewDidLoad() Be sure to add constraints to the button, otherwise you wont see it

let button = UIButton()
button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
button.target(forAction: #selector(buttonAction), withSender: self)
//button.backgroundColor etc

view.addSubview(button)

@objc func buttonAction() {
   //some Action
}

or outside your scope as global variable to access it from anywhere in your module

let button: UIButton = {
   let b = UIButton()
   b.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
   //b.backgroundColor etc
   return b
}()

and then you setup the constraints

func setupButtonView() {
   view.addSubview(button)
   button.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 40).isActive = true
   button.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 40).isActive = true
   // etc

}

Answer 2

You should be able to create a customize UI button programmatically by accessing the titleLabel property of UIButton.

Per Class Reference in Swift: Regarding the titleLabel property, it says that "although this property is read-only, its own properties are read/write. Use these properties primarily to configure the text of the button."

In Swift, you can directly modify the properties of titleLabel like such:

let myFirstButton = UIButton()
myFirstButton.titleLabel!.text = "I made a label on the screen #toogood4you"
myFirstButton.titleLabel!.font = UIFont(name: "MarkerFelt-Thin", size: 45)
myFirstButton.titleLabel!.textColor = UIColor.red
myFirstButton.titleLabel!.textAlignment = .center
myFirstButton.titleLabel!.numberOfLines = 5
myFirstButton.titleLabel!.frame = CGRect(x: 15, y: 54, width: 300, height: 500)

Edit

Swift 3.1 Syntax

Answer 3

Using this in Objective-C

UIButton *testButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[testButton setTitle:@"Go to here" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
testButton.frame = CGRectMake(20, 20, 150, 150);    
[self.view addSubview:testButton];

Using this in Latest Swift

let testButton   = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.system) as UIButton
testButton.frame = CGRectMake(160, 160, 80, 20)
testButton.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
testButton.setTitle("Button testing:- ", forState: UIControlState.normal)
self.view.addSubview(testButton)

Answer 4

If you go into the Main storyboard part, and in the bottom right go to the circle with a square, and use a blank button. Then in the code use @IBAction with it to get it wired in. Then you can make a @IBAction function with it.

Answer 5

Swift "Button factory" extension for UIButton (and while we're at it) also for UILabel like so:

extension UILabel
{
// A simple UILabel factory function
// returns instance of itself configured with the given parameters

// use example (in a UIView or any other class that inherits from UIView):

//   addSubview(   UILabel().make(     x: 0, y: 0, w: 100, h: 30,
//                                   txt: "Hello World!",
//                                 align: .center,
//                                   fnt: aUIFont,
//                              fntColor: UIColor.red)                 )
//

func make(x: CGFloat, y: CGFloat, w: CGFloat, h: CGFloat,
          txt: String,
          align: NSTextAlignment,
          fnt: UIFont,
          fntColor: UIColor)-> UILabel
{
    frame = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: w, height: h)
    adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true
    textAlignment = align
    text = txt
    textColor = fntColor
    font = fnt
    return self
}
// Of course, you can make more advanced factory functions etc.
// Also one could subclass UILabel, but this seems to be a     convenient case for an extension.
}


extension UIButton
{
// UIButton factory returns instance of UIButton
//usage example:

// addSubview(UIButton().make(x: btnx, y:100, w: btnw, h: btnh,
// title: "play", backColor: .red,
// target: self,
// touchDown: #selector(play), touchUp: #selector(stopPlay)))


func make(   x: CGFloat,y: CGFloat,
             w: CGFloat,h: CGFloat,
                  title: String, backColor: UIColor,
                  target: UIView,
                  touchDown:  Selector,
                  touchUp:    Selector ) -> UIButton
{
    frame = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: w, height: h)
    backgroundColor = backColor
    setTitle(title, for: .normal)
    addTarget(target, action: touchDown, for: .touchDown)
    addTarget(target, action: touchUp  , for: .touchUpInside)
    addTarget(target, action: touchUp  , for: .touchUpOutside)

    return self
}
}

Tested in Swift in Xcode Version 9.2 (9C40b) Swift 4.x

Answer 6

In Swift We Can Make A button programmatically by writing this code in our viewcontroller.swift file...

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController
{  
private let firstbutton:UIButton = UIButton()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.firstbutton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as? UIButton
    self.firstbutton!.frame = CGRectMake(100, 200, 100, 100)
    self.firstbutton!.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
    self.firstbutton!.setTitle("My Button", forState: UIControlState.Normal)
    self.firstbutton!.addTarget(self, action:#selector(self.firstButtonClicked), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
    self.view.addSubview(firstbutton!)
    }

func firstButtonClicked(){
   print("First Button Clicked")
}