How to stop button from animating when setting the title of UIButton

Question

When we want to set the text of a UIButton, we need to execute the below code:

myButton.setTitle("My Text", forState: .normal)

The only problem is, when the text changes, an animation happens like this:

Is there a way to set the title of a button without it animating?

I would like the button to act as a standard UILabel, however I would also like it to call a function when it is pressed on.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 12 '18 at 05:51

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You can set values inside UIView's performWithoutAnimation and it will do just as it states. But you will also need to call layoutIfNeeded so they relayout happens during the block.

UIView.performWithoutAnimation {
  self.myButton.setTitle(newTitle, forState: .Normal)
  self.myButton.layoutIfNeeded()
}

edited Jul 12 '18 at 05:51

Martin Calvert

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answered Jan 06 '17 at 16:01

user6788419

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That works. Plus it also shows the animation if I were to click that button, which I wanted. – iProgram Jan 06 '17 at 16:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '17 at 15:59

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Use myButton.setTitle("My Text", forState: .normal) for all Uibuttoncontrolstate.

answered Jan 06 '17 at 15:59

An Kit

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That is the code I am already using – iProgram Jan 06 '17 at 16:09
Have you tried same title for all UIControlState ? Normal, highlighted , selected. When we click on button it shows selected state title. When we set same title, it will not animate. – An Kit Jan 06 '17 at 16:15

How to stop button from animating when setting the title of UIButton

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