Setting a background image for UIButton

Question

I am a newbie with Objective C. How would I set the background of this button to an image (image is already in the resources folder in XCode, \"blue_button.png\") instead o

Answer 1

You can use [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:] to set background color to image. To use image you should change button style to custom.

Answer 2

if you want to set button background with images on the Internet, using SDWebImage is an elegant choice:

#import <SDWebImage/UIButton+WebCache.h>

UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x, y, width, height)];
[button setBackgroundImageWithURL:imageURL forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Answer 3

You need to declare your button with the following UIButtonTypeCustom type:

btnClear = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom] retain];

Then you should be able to use the follow:

[btnClear setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blue_button.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

There are 6 different control states that can be set.

enum {
   UIControlStateNormal               = 0,
   UIControlStateHighlighted          = 1 << 0,
   UIControlStateDisabled             = 1 << 1,
   UIControlStateSelected             = 1 << 2,
   UIControlStateApplication          = 0x00FF0000,
   UIControlStateReserved             = 0xFF000000
};

Here are some references that may help:

UIButton Class Reference

UIControl Class Reference

Answer 4

This works:

UIButton *btnClear = [[UIButton alloc] init];
btnClear = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom] retain];
btnClear.frame = CGRectMake(115, 200, 90, 40);
[btnClear setTitle:@"Clear" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btnClear setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"blue_button.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btnClear addTarget:self action:@selector(clearAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:btnClear];

Answer 5

Swift 4+

var btnClear = UIButton()
btnClear = UIButton(type: .custom)
btnClear.frame = CGRect(x: 115, y: 200, width: 90, height: 40)
btnClear.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named: "blue_button.png"), for: .normal)
view.addSubview(btnClear)

Answer 6

See the UIButton class reference: -setBackgroundImage:forState:

Create your button with type UIButtonTypeCustom instead of UIButtonTypeRoundedRect if you don't want to use the rounded corner style.