UIButton showsTouchWhenHighlighted example in Objective C (iOS).

UIButton showsTouchWhenHighlighted

A Boolean value that determines whether tapping the button causes it to glow.

@property(nonatomic) BOOL showsTouchWhenHighlighted

Discussion of [UIButton showsTouchWhenHighlighted]
If YES, the button glows when tapped; otherwise, it does not. The image and button behavior is not changed by the glow. The default value is NO.

UIButton showsTouchWhenHighlighted example.

barButton.style = UIBarButtonItemStylePlain;
uiButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;


Example of [UIButton showsTouchWhenHighlighted].

[myButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"btn_normal.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [myButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"btn_highlighted.png"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [myButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"btn_highlighted.png"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    myButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;

UIButton showsTouchWhenHighlighted example.

if(sectionNum == 2) {
        // create the parent view that will hold 1 or more buttons
        UIView* v = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110.0, 0.0, 100.0, 80.0)];
       
        // create the tweet button
       
        UIButton *tbutt = [UIButton buttonWithType: UIButtonTypeCustom];
        // set the image (here with a size of 32 x 32)
        tbutt.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
        [tbutt setImage: [UIImage imageNamed: @"TwitterIcon.png"] forState: UIControlStateNormal];
        // just set the frame of the button (here 64 x 64)
        [tbutt setFrame: CGRectMake(250, -10, 54, 54)];
        tbutt.tag = 1;
        // this sets up the callback for when the user hits the button
        [tbutt addTarget:self action:@selector(tweetButtonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
        // add the button to the parent view
        [v addSubview:tbutt];

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