How to insert UIButtons of Dynamic size into a UIStackView dynamically?

Question

This is working great:

                let label = UILabel()
                label.text = VARIABLE_LENGTH_STRING
                stackView?.addArrangedSubview(label)

but this does not work

                let button = UIButton()
                button.setTitle(VARIABLE_LENGTH_STRING, for: .normal)
                stackView?.addArrangedSubview(button)

Nothing displays! any idea why? I'd expect labels to behave pretty simularly to buttons...

Thanks for your help!

set background color of button and check. – Payal Maniyar Dec 21 '17 at 07:03 — Payal Maniyar, Dec 21 '17 at 07:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '18 at 18:08

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The problem is that by default - a new UIButton() has white text and a white background --- grrrr!

i fixed this by doing:

button.setTitleColor(.blue, for: .normal)

answered Jan 03 '18 at 18:08

Michael Economy

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Had same exact issue and went through same exact debugging. Thanks. – Kilmazing May 08 '19 at 15:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 06:24

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try by adding below line in your code after you are setting title of button,

 button.sizeToFit()

answered Dec 21 '17 at 06:24

Ketan Parmar

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 07:19

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First check is there any value in "VARIABLE_LENGTH_STRING" if it has empty string nothing will show and give button frame size so that if there is no text button height width will be specific and one more thing change buttons background color by defaults it is clear so u will only see content of button on screen if any by changing background color and frame u will be see it on screen event it has no content to show :) .

answered Dec 21 '17 at 07:19

junaid

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The issue was everything defaulted to white - white text on white background! Thanks for the pointer. – Michael Economy Jan 03 '18 at 18:07

How to insert UIButtons of Dynamic size into a UIStackView dynamically?

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