UIButton moves out of highlighted mode after a second

Question

I have a UIButton, with this code to set the image based on the highlighted status:

UIImage *buttonImage = imageForButton(CGSizeMake(SquarePanelSize.width, SquarePanelSize.height), NO);
UIImage *buttonHighlightedImage = imageForButton(CGSizeMake(SquarePanelSize.width, SquarePanelSize.height), YES);
[self.addButton setImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.addButton setImage:buttonHighlightedImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

The problem is that I want it to stay highlighted when the user has their finger on it, but it goes back to normal after a second.

Maybe it will be better to use the `selected` state of the button. It was made for this exact case. — Nikola Kirev, Jun 25 '13 at 06:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '13 at 17:22

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had this issue myself a few days ago this was the fix i found throw this in your button was touched method/ ibaction

  [self performSelector:@selector(highlightButton:) withObject:sender afterDelay:0.0];

and then have a highlight button method for that

-(void)highlightButton:(UIButton *)sender
{
   sender.highlighted = YES;
}

answered Jun 24 '13 at 17:22

rezand

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the image or highlight action you set will now stay after touch is released – rezand Jun 24 '13 at 17:22

zedzhao · Answer 2 · 2013-06-25T03:23:58.883

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I think you should use setBackgroundImage method.

 [self.addButton setBackgroundImage:buttonHighlightedImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

try this. It works fine for me. if this one didn't work then try this.

[self.addButton setImage:buttonHighlightedImage forState:(UIControlStateSelected | UIControlStateHighlighted)];

edited Jun 25 '13 at 03:23

answered Jun 24 '13 at 17:08

zedzhao

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This doesn't work for me. :( – Andrew Jun 24 '13 at 21:20
Did you try setBackgourndImage for normal state. And what's your imageForButton method – zedzhao Jun 25 '13 at 03:22

UIButton moves out of highlighted mode after a second

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