UIButton block equivalent to addTarget:action:forControlEvents: method?

Question

I looked around, but couldn\'t find this on the internet, nor anywhere in the Apple docs, so I\'m guessing it doesn\'t exist.

But is there a iOS4 blocks equivalent A

Answer 1

Here's a working category implementation. In it's current form, this should only be used in DEBUG. I use this category in conjunction with a function (included below) to test various bits of code when user interaction and timing are important. Again this is only for development/debug purposes and shouldn't be considered for production, hence the #ifdef DEBUG ;)

#ifdef DEBUG

#import 

static char UIButtonBlockKey;

@interface UIButton (UIBlockButton)

- (void)handleControlEvent:(UIControlEvents)event withBlock:(ActionBlock)block;
- (void)callActionBlock:(id)sender;

@end


@implementation UIButton (UIBlockButton)

- (void)handleControlEvent:(UIControlEvents)event withBlock:(ActionBlock)block {
    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &UIButtonBlockKey, block, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_COPY_NONATOMIC);
    [self addTarget:self action:@selector(callActionBlock:) forControlEvents:event];
}


- (void)callActionBlock:(id)sender {
    ActionBlock block = (ActionBlock)objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &UIButtonBlockKey);
    if (block) {
        block();
    }
}

@end


void DSAddGlobalButton(NSString *title, ActionBlock block) {
    UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
    [button setTitle:title forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [button handleControlEvent:UIControlEventTouchUpInside withBlock:block];
    [button sizeToFit];
    [button setFrame:(CGRect){{100.0f, 100.0f}, [button frame].size}];

    UIView *firstView = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] subviews] objectAtIndex:0];
    [firstView addSubview:button];
}


#endif