Programmatically call a ViewController PopOver with custom UIButton

Question

I have defined the width, height and position of a custom UIButton in the viewDidLoad section of my implementation file. If I were to drag and drop this button in the IB, I could ctrl and drag it to another View Controller and select PopOver.

Unless there is a way to attach an IBOutlet to this custom UIButton which I'm unaware of, as my custom button doesn't show in the Interface Builder, how do I go about calling a PopOver of a UIViewController within the action of clicking my custom UIButton in my implementation file?

This is how I defined my custom button:

self.hard1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[self.hard1 setFrame:CGRectMake(884, 524, 105, 60)]; // set the x,y,width and height
UIImage *buttonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"green.jpg"];
self.hard1.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
self.hard1.clipsToBounds = YES;
[self.hard1 addTarget: self
          action: @selector(buttonTapped:)
forControlEvents: UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.hard1 setImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.view addSubview:self.hard1];

Answer 1

If i understood you correctly, your custom button is a subclass of UIButton. So in IB, put a regular button in the right place, then navigate to the Identity inspector in the right-side pane, and in the class field enter your custom button class name, so that IB button becomes CustomUIButton. You work everything else as if it was regular button.

You have to have you custom class imported in the view controller's .h-file.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

Connect the action touchupinside to the method buttonTapped: via interface builder. To do so

• Right click on the button on the Interfacebuider ,
• In the window there will be list of actions.
• click and drag teh touchUpInside and put it on the viewcontroller object
• then another window shows the methods and connect it with the desired method .Thats it

Go through this tutorial

EDIT :

  [hardButton1 addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonPressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

self is where you defined the method buttonPressed:

EDIT 2:

From the comments i think the problem may be button image or frame.Set a background color for the image and test .Also check you set the proper imagename with extension.Put a breakpoint and test the method is hit if button is visible

Answer 3

Something like this:

- (IBAction) buttonTapped:(id) sender
{
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"mySegue" sender:self];
}

where mySegue is a popover segue that you have dragged from the containing viewController to the one you want to pop over. You create the segue and then type a name in the 'Identifier' box for the segue in IB, then you use the same name here where I've put 'mySegue'.

I've ringed the two buttons you have to press to see this display; then you just have to select the segue that you want to work on. You can select it in the picture (click on the middle of the arrow), or in the list of items in your storyboard.