UIButton imageEdgeInsets example in Objective C (iOS).

UIButton imageEdgeInsets

The inset or outset margins for the rectangle around the button’s image.

@property(nonatomic) UIEdgeInsets imageEdgeInsets

Discussion of [UIButton imageEdgeInsets]
Use this property to resize and reposition the effective drawing rectangle for the button image. You can specify a different value for each of the four insets (top, left, bottom, right). A positive value shrinks, or insets, that edge—moving it closer to the center of the button. A negative value expands, or outsets, that edge. Use the UIEdgeInsetsMake function to construct a value for this property. The default value is UIEdgeInsetsZero.

UIButton imageEdgeInsets example.

@implementation UIButton(ImageTitleCentering)

-(void) centerButtonAndImageWithSpacing:(CGFloat)spacing {
    self.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, spacing);
    self.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, spacing, 0, 0);
}

@end

Example of [UIButton imageEdgeInsets].

// the space between the image and text
CGFloat spacing = 6.0;

// get the size of the elements here for readability
CGSize imageSize = button.imageView.frame.size;
CGSize titleSize = button.titleLabel.frame.size;

// lower the text and push it left to center it
button.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(
  0.0, - imageSize.width, - (imageSize.height + spacing), 0.0);

// the text width might have changed (in case it was shortened before due to
// lack of space and isn't anymore now), so we get the frame size again
titleSize = button.titleLabel.frame.size;

// raise the image and push it right to center it
button.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(
  - (titleSize.height + spacing), 0.0, 0.0, - titleSize.width);

UIButton imageEdgeInsets example.

const CGFloat kImageTopOffset   = -15;
const CGFloat kTextBottomOffset = -25;

+ (void) centerButtonImageTopAndTextBottom: (UIButton*)         button
                                     frame: (CGRect)            buttonFrame
                                      text: (NSString*)         textString
                                 textColor: (UIColor*)          textColor
                                      font: (UIFont*)           textFont
                                     image: (UIImage*)          image
                                  forState: (UIControlState)    buttonState
{
    button.frame = buttonFrame;

    [button setTitleColor: (UIColor*)       textColor
                 forState: (UIControlState) buttonState];

    [button setTitle: (NSString*) textString
            forState: (UIControlState) buttonState ];

//[UIButton imageEdgeInsets]

    [button.titleLabel setFont: (UIFont*) textFont ];

    [button setTitleEdgeInsets: UIEdgeInsetsMake( 0.0, -image.size.width, kTextBottomOffset,  0.0)];

    [button setImage: (UIImage*)       image
            forState: (UIControlState) buttonState ];

    [button setImageEdgeInsets: UIEdgeInsetsMake( kImageTopOffset, 0.0, 0.0,- button.titleLabel.bounds.size.width)];
}

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