How to change the picture placed by UIImage

Question

I placed an image on a button (group) and want to change it on button press. But I don't know how? Every code I find (UIImageVew, ...) relies on an image name!?

Thank you for a little hint.

Edit: What I forget to say is, that I am coding with WatchKit for watchOS 2.

Its not clear from the question, whether you want to change the image of UIImageView or change the image of your button — Vinay Jain, Jul 24 '15 at 10:41
I want to change the Image within a Button content type (Button set to "group") — Tim B., Jul 24 '15 at 14:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '15 at 11:23

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You create the button (with frame):

UIButton* myButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x, y, width, height)];

you put the button image:

[myButton setImage:@"normalImage" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

And change the image when the button is pressed:

[myButton setImage:@"pressImage" forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

edited Jul 24 '15 at 11:23

Jscti

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 24 '15 at 11:32

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If you want to change the image when the button is clicked, you can do like this:

-(IBAction)buttonClicked: (id)sender
 {   
     UIButton *buttonObj = (UIButton*)sender;
     [buttonObj setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"myImage.png"]  forState:UIControlStateNormal];
 }

edited Jul 24 '15 at 11:32

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answered Jul 24 '15 at 10:42

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '15 at 13:46

Thanks for so many quick help!!! It seems, that I am not very keen in my first steps.

What I forget to say is, that I am coding with watchkit (for watchos2).

Inserting

UIButton* myButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(x, y, width, height)];

Gives me "Unknow Identifier UIButton" within the

@implementation InterfaceController

or

@implementation InterfaceController

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 24 '15 at 11:22

Okay its pretty easy on the button press event method add the below statement,

[self.yourButtonObject setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:"yourImage"] forControlState: UIControlStateNormal]

self.yourButtonObject is the outlet that you created for the button. Creating an outlet is like below.

How to change the picture placed by UIImage

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