How do I make a UIBarButtonItem 'glow'?

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In the Maps app, when you press the tracking button in the lower left hand corner, it glows showing that it's pressed. This makes it behave like a radio button, and it will un-glow once you move the map. Is there a simple way to but a button into the pressed state?

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '10 at 21:48

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I believe you are looking for the showsTouchWhenHighlighted property for the UIButton class. Give this a try.

myButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;

answered Apr 18 '10 at 21:48

Drewsmits

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The question is about a UIBarButtonItem not a UIButton, so this is not relevant. – Emil Jun 17 '11 at 23:49
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It's not clear from the question detail that that is the case. And anyways, you can create a UIBarButtonItem with a UIButton, so I believe my answer is relevant. UIBarButtonItem *buttonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:myButton]; – Drewsmits Jul 21 '11 at 20:03
I was searching for effect for UIButton, so thanks for your response! – mxg Dec 06 '12 at 10:55

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '10 at 21:46

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Set its style to UIBarButtonItemStyleDone.

answered Apr 18 '10 at 21:46

Tom Irving

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UIBarButtonItemStyleDone is a "blue" button. I don't think this is a glow, right? – bentford Jun 29 '11 at 23:36
Well it's not technically a glow, but it is what the Maps app does (as mentioned in the question). – Tom Irving Jul 01 '11 at 10:46
This achieves the blue, but not the glow. – tc. Nov 28 '11 at 19:29

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 20 '12 at 13:36

You could make its customview a custom button like this:

`

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"someimage"];
UIImage *imageHL = [UIImage imageNamed:@"someimage_selected"];
button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];

[button setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button setImage:imageHL forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
[button addTarget:self action:@selector(doStuff:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];    
myBarButtonItem.customView = button;

`

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 06:41

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Use UIBarButtonItemStylePlain.

UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
Glows when tapped.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 06:41

an0

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 11:07

If you have a UIBarButtonItem with image/text or UIBarButtonSystemItem, then use UIBarButtonItemStylePlain

barButton.style = UIBarButtonItemStylePlain;

If you have a UIBarButtonItem with a custom view, then, for each UIButton should add the following code:

uiButton.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;

How do I make a UIBarButtonItem 'glow'?

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