Change pressed color of UIButton

Question

Is there any way to change the color of a UIButton when it's pressed?

The default seems to be a blue color, but I don't see where or how to change this to a custom color.

Thanks!

That one is referenced from the one I linked. There are several possible duplicates really. Pick one. :) Either way, vote to close as a duplicate. — rmaddy, Jun 21 '13 at 05:15
rob you should give resonance of your question's answer given by other SO user.. — Nitin Gohel, Jun 21 '13 at 05:31
i don't Understand why People not reply after asking Question..? here all given total 7 answer yet but @rob not replay at-list one answer's of his Question.. :@ — Nitin Gohel, Jun 24 '13 at 06:02
As stated there are several valid answers. I replied in detail below. — Sandy, Jun 24 '13 at 06:04
Hey, [I made a category that helps you to achieve this](https://github.com/NSElvis/UIButton-ANDYHighlighted). — 3lvis, Dec 07 '14 at 14:34
See [how to use `setBackgroundImage(...)` to achieve this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/15440165/8740349), without real image! — Top-Master, Apr 15 '21 at 15:41

Geek · Answer 1 · 2013-06-21T05:01:36.657

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If you are using storyboard then in inspector window you can change the highlight tint property to the color you want on button click event.

Look at the Highlight Tint property in image.

edited Jun 21 '13 at 05:01

answered Jun 21 '13 at 04:55

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This property does not exist in xcode5. – DarkLeafyGreen Mar 25 '14 at 11:55
Thanks to this hint given here, I was able to use .tintColor to set the color (as of Xcode 7.1). E.g. let button = UIButton(type: .System) button.title = "My Title" button.tintColor = .redColor() – DonnaLea Nov 09 '15 at 22:04

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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I ultimately followed the following poster's suggestion. It worked perfectly.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/10670141/720175

In my particular case I created a subclass of UIButton, with the final code as:

-(void) setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted
{
    if(highlighted) {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:0.643 blue:0.282 alpha:1];
    } else {
        self.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:1 blue:1 alpha:1];
    }
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted];
}

Easy as pie.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Jun 22 '13 at 07:17

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answer is outdated and won't work. Use `[mButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];` – Marcin D Feb 10 '17 at 17:43
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@MarcinDeszczynski I guess this changes only the title's color? – meaning-matters Jul 25 '17 at 15:34

Change pressed color of UIButton

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