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Camus
Camus

Reputation: 846

How to add a UILabel as a subview of UIButton iOS

I want to add a UILabel within a UIButton. Here is my code:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [[self addressSearch] setDelegate:self];
    [[self worldMap] setDelegate:self];

    self.boolPushButtonTapped = YES;
    self.addressSearch.barStyle = 1;

    //Create pushButton
    self.pushButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    self.pushButton.frame = CGRectMake(106, 436, 110, 59);

    [self.pushButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"pushButton2.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [self.pushButton addTarget:self action:@selector(pushButtonTapped) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];


    //Label
    self.distanceLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];

    self.distanceLabel.text = @"test";

    [self.pushButton addSubview:self.distanceLabel];


    [self.view addSubview:self.pushButton];
}

If I don't use alloc init I receive an error and if I use the text in that label does not change. Error: 

*** Assertion failure in -[NSLayoutConstraint constant], /SourceCache/Foundation/Foundation-992/Layout.subproj/NSLayoutConstraint.m:560
2012-10-01 14:01:01.889 RemindMe[1116:907] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: '(null)'

I want to add inside this button because there is an animation.

Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5604

Answers (2)

KarenAnne
KarenAnne

Reputation: 2814

You could try this:

[self.pushButton.titleLabel setText: @"anytext"];

Updated answer:

As mentioned in the UIButton Class Reference, you should set the title using setTitle:forState:.

Then the formatting can be done in the button's associated label object titleLabel.

So you need not add another UILabel.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 1

InfalibleCoinage
InfalibleCoinage

Reputation: 608

UIButtons now give you a lot of control, but before some things like custom fonts were possible I just made a simple control that had a UIButton and UILabel. I would just put the UILabel on top of the UIButton with a small 2px or so padding.

Upvotes: 1

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