UIButton won't go to Aspect Fit in iPhone

Question

I have a couple UIButtons, and in IB they\'re set to Aspect Fit, but for some reason they\'re always stretching. Is there something else you have to set? I tried all the d

Answer 1

This answer is based on @WernerAltewischer's answer.

To avoid having connect my button to an IBOutlet to execute the code on it, I subclassed UIButton's class:

// .h
@interface UIButtonWithImageAspectFit : UIButton
@end

// .m
@implementation UIButtonWithImageAspectFit

- (void) awakeFromNib {
    [self.imageView setContentMode:UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit];
}

@end

Now create a custom button in your xib, and set its image (not the background image):

Then, set its class:

You're done!
Instead of

your button's image aspect fit is now as expected: