Why is my UIButton.tintColor not working?

Question

My build target is set for IOS5 which is where I understand UIButton.tintColor was introduced...

I have this in my viewDidLoad for the View Controller

Answer 1

It tint your highlighted State color. When you tap/click on the UIButton the color specified with tintColor appears as long as you hold the tap/click on the UIButton.

resetButton.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.764 green:1.000 blue:0.000 alpha:1.000];

The button is white in normal state. But if I tap on the button the color turns red, but only then.

IF you need to change the button so it looks like a red or blue one in the UIControlStateNormal then

Change the UIButtonType to UIButtonTypeCustom in Interface Builder or programmatically with

 UIButton *resetButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];

Change the attributes on your own and recreate the rounded corners

resetButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
resetButton.layer.borderColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
resetButton.layer.borderWidth = 0.5f;
resetButton.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0f;