Custom UIButton Color in MonoTouch

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I'm having trouble programmatically hard coding a color in for a UIButton using MonoTouch. The standard RectRound buttons are white and I need this button to be blue. Here is my code:

     private void CreateButton() {
        RectangleF viewFrame = this.subView.Frame;
        RectangleF buttonFrame = new RectangleF (10f, viewFrame.Bottom - 200f, viewFrame.Width - 20f, 50f);

        this.buttonChangeColor = UIButton.FromType (UIButtonType.RoundedRect);
        this.buttonChangeColor.Frame = buttonFrame;
        this.buttonChangeColor.SetTitle ("Tap to change view color", UIControlState.Normal);
        this.buttonChangeColor.SetTitle ("Changing color...", UIControlState.Highlighted);
        this.buttonChangeColor.SetTitleColor (UIColor.Red, UIControlState.Normal);
 //This here is my attempt. The rounded rectangle remains white and I can see some blue peeking out from behind but I need the button to be blue, not the background
        this.buttonChangeColor.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Blue; 
        this.buttonChangeColor.TouchUpInside += this.buttonChangeColor_TouchUpInside;
        this.subView.AddSubview (this.buttonChangeColor);

    }

Thanks a lot for the help!

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Have a look at Is it even possible to change a UIButtons background color?

It explains why, for UIButtonType.RoundedRect, you won't be able to change the background color as you would expect. I.e. You'll need to create a Custom button and duplicate the rounded-rect look.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Jan 30 '12 at 01:13

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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I have done this in my previos anwser to post so check link that i paste change UIButton Color dynamically

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Aug 01 '12 at 06:35

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Custom UIButton Color in MonoTouch

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