How to increase tapable (hitting) area of (custom Type) UIButton without increasing size of background image

Question

is it possible to increase tapable area of UIButton without changing size of Button\'s background Image

I tried:

[shareButton setContentEdgeInsets:UI         


        

Answer 1

Use the design approach you like (Interface Builder / Visual Format Language) together with Autolayout and layout the UIButton with the required size. Set title or image as content and use a transparent image with the size of the tapable area as background image.

_button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[_button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"contentImage"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[_button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"transparentImage"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Here a example with _button.layer.borderWidth = 1.