How to remove GPPSignInButton's default style (text, G+ image) to add your own in iOS

Question

We're using the GGPSignInButton to log into GooplePlus service. we want to have a custom look and feel for the button, but I couldn't find a way to turn off the text and image that show up with the button automatically when I tell a UIButton he is of a kind GPPSignInButton. Here's how it looks when I add my own design inside an otherwise empty button which is GPPSignInButton:

The only way I've been able to make it disappear is pretty patchy: (First wire up the button to a IBOutlet called gPlusButton) [self.gPlusButton.subviews[0] removeFromSuperview];

I also tried using my own button, and when pressed calling manually to [[GPPSignIn sharedInstance] authenticate] method seems to result in an incorrect login (for example, the login token isn't saved into the key chain Google+ later uses to silently authenticate me).

Does anyone know of a better way to design my own style for the button? BTW it appears this is supported for web sign in buttons.

Answer 1

Just don't use the GPPSignInButton! Your idea of calling authenticate directly is correct - just make sure you are configuring the shared instance (including the delegate and so on) before calling authenticate.