How do I prevent a button's background image from stretching?

Question

I\'m allocating a UIButtonTypeCustom UIButton to a UIView with a background image that is smaller than the button\'s frame. Reason why the image is smaller is because I\'m tryin

Answer 1

The cleanest and easiest way it probably to use the title insets of the button.

You set your image as the button image, and then you change the left title inset to match minus the width of your image:

myButton.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, -myImage.width, 0, 0)

This will move the text back where it was before the image was added to its left. You can also use this value to add some padding to you button.