Clicked handler not executed for UIButton in UIBarButtonItem

Question

I want to have a custom button title in my toolbar. This is what I've used before.

UIButton someButton = UIButton.FromType (UIButtonType.System);
someButton.SetTitle ("My custom button title", UIControlState.Normal);
someButton.SetTitleColor(UIColor.Black, UIControlState.Normal);
someButton.SizeToFit ();
someBarButtonItem = new UIBarButtonItem (someButton);

someButton.Clicked += someEventHandler;

The Clicked event is never thrown and so my event handler is not called. I want to be able to add (+=) and remove (-=) the event handler at any time.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '15 at 08:13

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Try to add your event onto the someBarButtonItem instead of the button, maybe the UIBarButtonItem is not forwarding touches correctly down to subviews?

answered Aug 25 '15 at 08:13

Michiluki

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You are right. I should add the event to `UIButton` and not to `UIBarButtonItem`. Now I use `someButton.TouchUpInside += someEventHandler;` and it seems to work. – testing Aug 25 '15 at 08:19

Clicked handler not executed for UIButton in UIBarButtonItem

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