How to set rectangle border for custom type UIButton

Question

I am trying to set an image as the background of a custom UIButton. I was able to set a background image for the \"rounded rect\" UIButton in interface builder, but now the

Answer 1

Check out the cornerRadius, borderWidth and borderColor properties of CALayer. These properties are new as of iPhone OS 3.0.

You probably want to subclass UIButton and then set these properties in the constructor. Your button has a layer property you can access to set these border properties.

Here's an example:

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
if(self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {

    [self.layer setBorderWidth:1.0];
    [self.layer setCornerRadius:5.0];
    [self.layer setBorderColor:[[UIColor colorWithWhite:0.3 alpha:0.7] CGColor]];
}

return self;
}