Underlining text in UIButton

Question

Can anyone suggest how to underline the title of a UIButton ? I have a UIButton of Custom type, and I want the Title to be underlined, but the Interface Builder does not pr

Answer 1

Swift 3 version for @NickH247's answer with custom underline color, linewidth and gap:

import Foundation

class UnderlinedButton: UIButton {

    private let underlineColor: UIColor
    private let thickness: CGFloat
    private let gap: CGFloat

    init(underlineColor: UIColor, thickness: CGFloat, gap: CGFloat, frame: CGRect? = nil) {
        self.underlineColor = underlineColor
        self.thickness = thickness
        self.gap = gap
        super.init(frame: frame ?? .zero)
    }

    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {
        super.draw(rect)

        guard let textRect = titleLabel?.frame,
            let decender = titleLabel?.font.descender,
            let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else { return }

        context.setStrokeColor(underlineColor.cgColor)
        context.move(to: CGPoint(x: textRect.origin.x, y: textRect.origin.y + textRect.height + decender + gap))
        context.setLineWidth(thickness)
        context.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: textRect.origin.x + textRect.width, y: textRect.origin.y + textRect.height + decender + gap))
        context.closePath()
        context.drawPath(using: .stroke)
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }
}