Is it possible to change a UIButtons background color?

Question

This one has me stumped.

Is it possible at all to change the background color of a UIButton in Cocoa for iPhone. I've tried setting the background color but it only changes the corners. setBackgroundColor: seems to be the only method available for such things.

[random setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]]; [random.titleLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]]; 

Answer 1

This can be done programmatically by making a replica:

loginButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; [loginButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; loginButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; loginButton.layer.borderColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor; loginButton.layer.borderWidth = 0.5f; loginButton.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0f; 

edit: of course, you'd have to #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

edit: to all new readers, you should also consider a few options added as "another possibility". for you consideration.

As this is an old answer, I strongly recommend reading comments for troubleshooting

Answer 2

I have a different approach,

[btFind setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"Find", @"") forState:UIControlStateNormal];     [btFind setBackgroundImage:[CommonUIUtility imageFromColor:[UIColor cyanColor]]          forState:UIControlStateNormal]; btFind.layer.cornerRadius = 8.0; btFind.layer.masksToBounds = YES; btFind.layer.borderColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor].CGColor; btFind.layer.borderWidth = 1; 

From CommonUIUtility,

+ (UIImage *) imageFromColor:(UIColor *)color {     CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1);     UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size);     CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();     CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [color CGColor]);     //  [[UIColor colorWithRed:222./255 green:227./255 blue: 229./255 alpha:1] CGColor]) ;     CGContextFillRect(context, rect);     UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();     UIGraphicsEndImageContext();     return img; } 

Don't forget to #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>