How do I create a basic UIButton programmatically?

Question

How can I create a basic UIButton programmatically? For example in my view controller, when executing the viewDidLoad method, three UIButton<

Answer 1

Swift3 version should be

let myButton:UIButton = {
            let myButton = UIButton() // if you want to set the type use like UIButton(type: .RoundedRect) or UIButton(type: .Custom)
            myButton.setTitle("Hai Touch Me", for: .normal)
            myButton.setTitleColor(UIColor.blue, for: .normal)
            myButton.frame = CGRect(x: 20, y: 20, width: 100, height: 40)

            myButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.pressedAction(_:)), for: .touchUpInside)
            self.view.addSubview(myButton)

            return myButton

        }()

Answer 2

For creating UIButton programmatically we can create in both objective c and swift

SWIFT 3

let buttonSwift   = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.system) as UIButton
                      //OR 
let buttonSwift   = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.Custom) as UIButton
//Set Frame for Button
buttonSwift.frame = CGRect(x: 100, y: 100, width: 200, height: 100)
//Set title for button
buttonSwift.setTitle("ClickMe", for: .normal)
//If you want to set color for button title
buttonSwift.setTitleColor(UIColor.white, for: .normal)
//If you want to set Background color for button
buttonSwift.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
//If you want to set tag for button
buttonSwift.tag = 0
//If you want to add or set image for button
let image = UIImage(named: "YourImageName") as UIImage?
buttonSwift.setImage(image, for: .normal)
//If you want to add or set Background image for button
buttonSwift.setBackgroundImage(image, for: .normal)
//Add action for button
buttonSwift.addTarget(self, action: #selector(actionPressMe), for:.touchUpInside)
//Add button as SubView to Super View
self.view.addSubview(buttonSwift)

UIButton Action Method

func actionPressMe(sender: UIButton!) 
{
    NSLog("Clicked button tag is %@", sender.tag)
               OR
    print("Clicked button tag is \(sender.tag)")

    //Then do whatever you want to do here

    ........  
}

OBJECTIVE C

UIButton *buttonObjectiveC = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
           OR
UIButton *buttonObjectiveC = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
buttonObjectiveC.frame = CGRectMake(200, 100, 200, 100);
//Set title for button
[buttonObjectiveC setTitle:@"ClickMe" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//If you want to set color for button title
[buttonObjectiveC setTitleColor:[UIColor  whiteColor] forState: UIControlStateNormal];
//If you want to set Background color for button
[buttonObjectiveC setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
//If you want to set tag for button
buttonSwift.tag = 0;
//If you want to add or set image for button
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"YourImageName"];
[buttonObjectiveC setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//If you want to add or set Background image for button
[buttonObjectiveC setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
//Add action for button
[buttonObjectiveC addTarget:self action:@selector(actionPressMe:)forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
//Add button as SubView to Super View
[self.view addSubview:buttonObjectiveC];

UIButton Action Method

- (void)actionPressMe:(UIButton *)sender 
{
    NSLog(@"Clicked button tag is %@",sender.tag);
    //Then do whatever you want to do here
    ..........
}

Output Screenshot is

Answer 3

try this:

first write this in your .h file of viewcontroller

UIButton *btn;

Now write this in your .m file of viewcontrollers viewDidLoad.

btn=[[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 20, 30, 30)];
[btn setBackgroundColor:[UIColor orangeColor]];
[btn setTitle: @"My Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn setTitleColor: [UIColor blueVolor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btn.layer setBorderWidth:1.0f];
[btn.layer setBorderColor:[UIColor BlueVolor].CGColor];
//adding action programatically
[btn addTarget:self action:@selector(btnClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:btn];

write this outside viewDidLoad method in .m file of your view controller

- (IBAction)btnClicked:(id)sender
{
  //Write a code you want to execute on buttons click event
}

Answer 4

This is an example as well to create three buttons. Just move their location.

UIImage *buttonOff = [UIImage imageNamed:@"crysBallNorm.png"];
UIImage *buttonOn = [UIImage imageNamed:@"crysBallHigh.png"];

UIButton *predictButton = [UIButton alloc];
predictButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
predictButton.frame = CGRectMake(180.0, 510.0, 120.0, 30.0);
[predictButton setBackgroundImage:buttonOff forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[predictButton setBackgroundImage:buttonOn forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
[predictButton setTitle:@"Predict" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[predictButton setTitleColor:[UIColor purpleColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[predictButton addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:predictButton];

Answer 5

Here's one:

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button addTarget:self 
           action:@selector(aMethod:)
 forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button setTitle:@"Show View" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.frame = CGRectMake(80.0, 210.0, 160.0, 40.0);
[view addSubview:button];

Answer 6

To add a button programatically to your controller's view, use the following:

-(void)viewDidLoad
{
   UIButton * btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
   btn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 50);
   [btn setTitle:@"Hello, world!" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
   [self.view addSubview:btn];
}

To add three of these, rinse and repeat.