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Reputation: 1550

iOS: Small thumb in the native UISwitch

I'm using UISwitch in my UIViewController but I don't know how can I decrease the size of its thumb. I searched about it but I only find some libraries offering a switch with a big thumb. There is no attribute in the storyboard or the code that can help on doing this. So how can I have a small thumb of the native iOS UISwitch?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1030

Answers (2)

D. Pratt
D. Pratt

Reputation: 464

I found a great pod that solves this, and many other problems on GitHub.

This will allow you to create switches with custom sizes, shapes, and gives you a lot more power over customization.

I just installed the class into my project, rather than using pod install, as it is only a single file class, and as of this posting was not updated to Swift 4.2.

In order to use it with Storyboards, I added a UIView of the shape and size I wanted the switch, and then added the my custom switch to the UIView.

Link to the GitHub source below. Note this is not my repo, it was just something I came across.

https://github.com/bvogelzang/SevenSwitch

Upvotes: 1

nathangitter
nathangitter

Reputation: 9797

You cannot change the thumb image of a UISwitch.

Check the UISwitch documentation to see what properties are configurable.

If you want a switch with a different style, you can create your own custom UIControl subclass that behaves however you wish.

From a design perspective, there are only a small number of cases where it would be beneficial to have a custom switch. The UISwitch thumb image is relatively large to create the affordance that it can be "flipped".

The default UISwitch also contains some accessibility features that you will lose if you create a custom switch.

Upvotes: 3

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