uibarbuttonitem

How to tint UIBarButtonItem background color?

I have a UIToolbar that contains 2 buttons. The toolbar has a tint: toolbar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:(102.0/255.0) green:(20.0/255.0) blue:(11.0/255.0) alpha:1]; How can I make the buttons have a similar tint color? ...

Change backgroundcolor for UIButton IPhone

Hi, i have a problem. I use a Button as a BarButtonItem. It works fine so far, but my backgroundcolor works only if i click on my button. How can i set, that my backgroundcolor will be set every time ? thx UIButton *redEmergencyButton = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect] retain]; redEmergencyButton.frame = CGRec...

add image to UIBarButtonItem for UIToolbar

Hi, I am trying to add an image to the UIBarButtonItem which I have to use in a UIToolbar. I have managed to read the image and even get it to display with a UIImageView, but when i add it to the UIBarButtonItem and then add that item to the UIToolbar, the toolbar just displaces a "Blank White" space the size and shape of the image t...

add image to UIBarButtonItem using initWithImage:(UIImage *)image

I would like to know how to set an image to a UIBarButtonItem which will then be added to a UIToolbar, by using InitWithImage when creating a UIBarButtonItem. I am doing the following, but it creates a blank whitespace where the image should be on the UIToolbar UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"6.png"]; UIBarButtonItem *systemIte...

How do I center UIBarButtonItem with custom look?

Alright, so I have a TableView in one of my Views in my iPhone app. I'm using a UINavigationController, so using that I created the UIToolBar at the bottom of the table. Works great. However, I want the items in the toolbar to resemble how the Facebook app has them: Not only would I like the Buttons (I will have only 2) to resemble...

Can't set color for UIBarButtonSystemItem

I have been trying to have a UIBarButtonSystemItem in my toolbar and it always defaults to the standard blue. If I create it with an image or title it works fine with the correct color, try it with UIBarButtonSystemItem and it goes to the default color and nothing I have found on the internet works. heres the code: UIBarButtonItem *ove...

UIBarButtonItem ignoring just about every action, ever.

Hello, I have a toolbar, in which is placed a UIBarButtonItem. The selector is targeted at a custom view of mine; a method with this signature: -(IBAction)pop{code} However, clicking it does not cause any action to occur. The buttonitem doesn't appear to respond to the click either, it just stays gray. Linking a UIButton's TouchUpIn...

Navigation Bar "back" Button to dismiss Modal View

Hi, I´m trying to create something like an own "adBanner" for a website in my app. The Banner is a Button with an image, which is actually the banner graphic. [_adBanner setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"test_banner.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; _adBanner.opaque = YES; [self.view addSubview:_adBanner]; [(UIButton*) _adB...

creating back arrow shaped leftBarButtonItem on UINavigationController

I have a view with a navigation controller that I am showing modally and I want to add a back button that is shaped like the default left arrow buttons used in most splitViewControllers. I can create a basic button but I really want the left arrow shape - here is what i have now: /* set title and nav bar items */ self.navigationItem.le...

How can I change the font color of a UIBarButton item?

I want to change the color to red. ...

How to set custom view for UIBarButtonItem?

I am trying to put a label in a UIBarButtonItem. Here is my viewDidLoad method: characterCountLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init]; characterCountLabel.text = @"HELLO"; charCountButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:characterCountLabel]; Everything is hooked up properly in IB. Why is the label not appearing inside of my UIBarB...

uinavigationController's toolbar with custom items

I am trying to use the NavigationController's toolbar in my app. This toolbar's toolbarItems are suppose to change depending on which view controller is presented. this is very basic. What I am trying to do is to add custom buttons to the toolbar using the UIBarButtonItem's "initWithCustomView:" method. However, the button won't show...

UIBarButtonItem has a too large clic area

Hi, I know some have already asked the question but so far, the answers are not really specific. Aparently apple have made the clic area of the NavigationBar larger than it really is, but I don't think it's supposed to be that large. In my app, there is a TableView right underneath the NavBar and you can clic all the way down to half ...

Workaround for missing UIBarButtonItem's TouchUp event

Hey, using a UIButton allows me to catch TouchUpInside and TouchUpOutside events to know when the user releases the button with his finger. UIBarButtonItem doesn't have any events/notifications to be used in this manner. Does anyone know a nice workaround to know when a UIBarButtonItem is physically released? Is there a way to use an ...

Where can I find the UIBarButtonItem images?

Anyone know where these are? I want to play with them. Specifically I need the UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd. ...

iPhone UIBarButtonItem setEnabled in NSThread

Hello, I'm trying to change the enabled property of an UIBarButtonItem after doing some stuff in an NSThread. After pressing the button I set the enabled to NO then perform the threaded part and at the end I try to re enable the button. Fairly basic. Somehow this fails, however I'm able to change any other property of the the UIBarButt...

UIBarButtonItem icon white when added via IB, black when added programmatically

When I add an icon to a UIBarButtonItem via the Interface Builder, the icon is displayed white. When I add the same icon file programmatically to another UIToolbar, the icon is displayed black. Why? UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"icon.png"]; UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; [button setImage:image ...

How to give a custom view for the UIBarButtonItem that is shown on portrait mode for UISplitViewController?

When we go portrait mode while using a UISplitViewController, they will provide us by a barButtonItem. How can I use a customView for that barButtonItem? I tried the following way. It works if I start with portrait orientation. But if I go landscape and when I come back it crashes. In viewDidLoad UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:...

How do I show my own image on a UIToolbar's UIBarButtonItem

I have seen variations of this question before in the forum, but I did not quite understand the solutions. I have a regular ViewController that hosts a UIToolbar at the bottm. The toolbar has several UIBarbuttonItems for example one of them has: Style: Plain Identifier: Custom Title: Stop Now I want it to display an image I heve provid...

Hit target on UIToolbar with custom-image buttons is not correct

I have a UIToolbar that I've customized with my own background image. Consequently, the built-in UIBarButtonItem appearance doesn't work for me, so I'm using images that are already prepared to show in the bar. I create a custom button item with this method: + (UIBarButtonItem *)customWithImage:(UIImage *)image enabled:(BOOL)enabled tar...