How do I create a basic UIButton programmatically?

Solution 1:

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];

Solution 2:

Objective-C

UIButton *but= [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[but addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
 [but setFrame:CGRectMake(52, 252, 215, 40)];
[but setTitle:@"Login" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[but setExclusiveTouch:YES];

 // if you like to add backgroundImage else no need
   [but setbackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"XXX.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

[self.view addSubview:but];

-(void) buttonClicked:(UIButton*)sender
 {
NSLog(@"you clicked on button %@", sender.tag);
 }

Swift

    let myButton = UIButton() // if you want to set the type use like UIButton(type: .RoundedRect) or UIButton(type: .Custom)
    myButton.setTitle("Hai Touch Me", forState: .Normal)
    myButton.setTitleColor(UIColor.blueColor(), forState: .Normal)
    myButton.frame = CGRectMake(15, 50, 300, 500)
    myButton.addTarget(self, action: "pressedAction:", forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)

    self.view.addSubview( myButton)


func pressedAction(sender: UIButton!) {
   // do your stuff here 
  NSLog("you clicked on button %@", sender.tag)
}

Swift3 and above

  let myButton = UIButton() // if you want to set the type use like UIButton(type: .RoundedRect) or UIButton(type: .Custom)
    myButton.setTitle("Hi, Click me", for: .normal)
    myButton.setTitleColor(UIColor.blue, for: .normal)
    myButton.frame = CGRect(x: 15, y: 50, width: 300, height: 500)

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



func pressedAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
   // do your stuff here 
  print("you clicked on button \(sender.tag)")
}

SwiftUI

for example you get the step by step implemntation from SwiftUI Developer portal

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView : View {
    var body: some View {
        VStack {

            Text("Target Color Black")
             Button(action: { 
                 /* handle button action here */ })
            {
         Text("your Button Name")
          .color(.white)
                        .padding(10)
                        .background(Color.blue)
                        .cornerRadius(5)
                        .shadow(radius: 5)
                        .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 5))
     }


        }
    }
}

#if DEBUG
struct ContentView_Previews : PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        ContentView()
    }
}
#endif

Solution 3:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self addMyButton];   // Call add button method on view load
}

- (void)addMyButton{    // Method for creating button, with background image and other properties

    UIButton *playButton = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect] retain];
    playButton.frame = CGRectMake(110.0, 360.0, 100.0, 30.0);
    [playButton setTitle:@"Play" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    playButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    [playButton setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal ];
    UIImage *buttonImageNormal = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blueButton.png"];
    UIImage *strechableButtonImageNormal = [buttonImageNormal stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:12 topCapHeight:0];
    [playButton setBackgroundImage:strechableButtonImageNormal forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    UIImage *buttonImagePressed = [UIImage imageNamed:@"whiteButton.png"];
    UIImage *strechableButtonImagePressed = [buttonImagePressed stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:12 topCapHeight:0];
    [playButton setBackgroundImage:strechableButtonImagePressed forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [playButton addTarget:self action:@selector(playAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [self.view addSubview:playButton];  
}

Solution 4:

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.