UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState example in Objective C (iOS).

UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState

Sets the color of the title shadow to use for the specified state.

- (void)setTitleShadowColor:(UIColor *)color forState:(UIControlState)state

Parameters of [UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState]
color
The color of the title shadow to use for the specified state.
state
The state that uses the specified color. The possible values are described in UIControlState.

Discussion of [UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState]
In general, if a property is not specified for a state, the default is to use the UIControlStateNormal value. If the UIControlStateNormal value is not set, then the property defaults to a system value. Therefore, at a minimum, you should set the value for the normal state.

UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState example.

[button setTitleShadowColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Example of [UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState].

for (id subView in theNavigationBar.subviews) {
    if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
        [(UIButton *)subView setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        [(UIButton *)subView setTitleShadowColor:[UIColor clearColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    }

}

UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState example.

+ (UIBarButtonItem *)createSquareBarButtonItemWithTitle:(NSString *)t target:(id)tgt action:(SEL)a
{
    UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    // Since the buttons can be any width we use a thin image with a stretchable center point
    UIImage *buttonImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"SquareButton.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:5 topCapHeight:0];
    UIImage *buttonPressedImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"SquareButton_pressed.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:5 topCapHeight:0];

    [[button titleLabel] setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12.0]];
    [button setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [button setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [button setTitleShadowColor:[UIColor colorWithWhite:1.0 alpha:0.7] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [button setTitleShadowColor:[UIColor clearColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [[button titleLabel] setShadowOffset:CGSizeMake(0.0, 1.0)];

    CGRect buttonFrame = [button frame];
    buttonFrame.size.width = [t sizeWithFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12.0]].width + 24.0;
    buttonFrame.size.height = buttonImage.size.height;
    [button setFrame:buttonFrame];

    [button setBackgroundImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [button setBackgroundImage:buttonPressedImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

    [button setTitle:t forState:UIControlStateNormal];

    [button addTarget:tgt action:a forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

    UIBarButtonItem *buttonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];

    return [buttonItem autorelease];
}

End of UIButton setTitleShadowColor forState example article.