Label under image in UIButton

Question

I\'m trying to create a button which has some text beneath the icon (sorta like the app buttons) however it seems to be quite difficult to achieve. Any ideas how can I go ab

Answer 1

@Tiago I change your answer like this. Its works fine with all sizes

func alignImageAndTitleVertically(padding: CGFloat = 5.0) {
        self.sizeToFit()
        let imageSize = self.imageView!.frame.size
        let titleSize = self.titleLabel!.frame.size
        let totalHeight = imageSize.height + titleSize.height + padding

        self.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(
            top: -(totalHeight - imageSize.height),
            left: 0,
            bottom: 0,
            right: -titleSize.width
        )

        self.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(
            top: 0,
            left: 0,
            bottom: -(totalHeight - titleSize.height),
            right: titleSize.height
        )
    }

Answer 2

This is a simple centered title button implemented in Swift by overriding titleRect(forContentRect:) and imageRect(forContentRect:). It also implements intrinsicContentSize for use with AutoLayout.

import UIKit

class CenteredButton: UIButton
{
    override func titleRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        let rect = super.titleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)

        return CGRect(x: 0, y: contentRect.height - rect.height + 5,
            width: contentRect.width, height: rect.height)
    }

    override func imageRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        let rect = super.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
        let titleRect = self.titleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)

        return CGRect(x: contentRect.width/2.0 - rect.width/2.0,
            y: (contentRect.height - titleRect.height)/2.0 - rect.height/2.0,
            width: rect.width, height: rect.height)
    }

    override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
        let size = super.intrinsicContentSize

        if let image = imageView?.image {
            var labelHeight: CGFloat = 0.0

            if let size = titleLabel?.sizeThatFits(CGSize(width: self.contentRect(forBounds: self.bounds).width, height: CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude)) {
                labelHeight = size.height
            }

            return CGSize(width: size.width, height: image.size.height + labelHeight + 5)
        }

        return size
    }

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        centerTitleLabel()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        centerTitleLabel()
    }

    private func centerTitleLabel() {
        self.titleLabel?.textAlignment = .center
    }
}

Answer 3

On iOS 11/ Swift 4 none of the above answers really worked for me. I found some examples and put my spin on it:

extension UIButton {

    func centerImageAndButton(_ gap: CGFloat, imageOnTop: Bool) {

      guard let imageView = self.currentImage,
      let titleLabel = self.titleLabel?.text else { return }

      let sign: CGFloat = imageOnTop ? 1 : -1
      self.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake((imageView.size.height + gap) * sign, -imageView.size.width, 0, 0);

      let titleSize = titleLabel.size(withAttributes:[NSAttributedStringKey.font: self.titleLabel!.font!])
      self.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-(titleSize.height + gap) * sign, 0, 0, -titleSize.width)
    }
}

Hope this helps someone.

Answer 4

That's definitely is an overkill for this question, however... In one of my projects I first had to implement a button with icon aligned leftmost. Then we got another button with title under image. I searched for an existing solution but with no luck So, here goes the alignable button:

@IBDesignable
class AlignableButton: UIButton {

override class var requiresConstraintBasedLayout: Bool {
    return true
}

@objc enum IconAlignment: Int {
    case top, left, right, bottom
}

// MARK: - Designables
@IBInspectable var iconAlignmentValue: Int {
    set {
        iconAlignment = IconAlignment(rawValue: newValue) ?? .left
    }
    get {
        return iconAlignment.rawValue
    }
}

var iconAlignment: IconAlignment = .left

@IBInspectable var titleAlignmentValue: Int {
    set {
        titleAlignment = NSTextAlignment(rawValue: newValue) ?? .left
    }
    get {
        return titleAlignment.rawValue
    }
}

var titleAlignment: NSTextAlignment = .left

// MARK: - Corner Radius
@IBInspectable
var cornerRadius: CGFloat {
    get {
        return layer.cornerRadius
    }
    set {
        layer.masksToBounds = (newValue != 0)
        layer.cornerRadius = newValue
    }
}

// MARK: - Content size
override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
    
    switch iconAlignment {
    case .top, .bottom:
        return verticalAlignedIntrinsicContentSize
    
    default:
        return super.intrinsicContentSize
    }
}

private var verticalAlignedIntrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
    
    if let imageSize = imageView?.intrinsicContentSize,
        let labelSize = titleLabel?.intrinsicContentSize {
        
        let width = max(imageSize.width, labelSize.width) + contentEdgeInsets.left + contentEdgeInsets.right
        let height = imageSize.height + labelSize.height + contentEdgeInsets.top + contentEdgeInsets.bottom
        
        return CGSize(
            width: ceil(width),
            height: ceil(height)
        )
    }
    
    return super.intrinsicContentSize
}

// MARK: - Image Rect
override func imageRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    
    switch iconAlignment {
    case .top:
        return topAlignedImageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    case .bottom:
        return bottomAlignedImageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    case .left:
        return leftAlignedImageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    case .right:
        return rightAlignedImageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    }
}

func topAlignedImageRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    let rect = super.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    
    let x = (contentRect.width - rect.width) / 2.0 + contentRect.minX
    let y = contentRect.minY
    let w = rect.width
    let h = rect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: imageEdgeInsets)
}

func bottomAlignedImageRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    let rect = super.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    
    let x = (contentRect.width - rect.width) / 2.0 + contentRect.minX
    let y = contentRect.height - rect.height + contentRect.minY
    let w = rect.width
    let h = rect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: imageEdgeInsets)
}

func leftAlignedImageRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    let rect = super.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    
    let x = contentRect.minX
    let y = (contentRect.height - rect.height) / 2 + contentRect.minY
    let w = rect.width
    let h = rect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: imageEdgeInsets)
}

func rightAlignedImageRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    let rect = super.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    
    let x = (contentRect.width - rect.width) + contentRect.minX
    let y = (contentRect.height - rect.height) / 2 + contentRect.minY
    let w = rect.width
    let h = rect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: imageEdgeInsets)
}

// MARK: - Title Rect
override func titleRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    
    switch iconAlignment {
    case .top:
        return topAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    case .bottom:
        return bottomAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    case .left:
        return leftAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    case .right:
        return rightAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    }
}

func topAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    
    let rect = super.titleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)

    let x = contentRect.minX
    let y = contentRect.height - rect.height + contentRect.minY
    let w = contentRect.width
    let h = rect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: titleEdgeInsets)
}

func bottomAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    
    let rect = super.titleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    
    let x = contentRect.minX
    let y = contentRect.minY
    let w = contentRect.width
    let h = rect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: titleEdgeInsets)
}

func leftAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    
    let titleRect = super.titleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    let imageRect = self.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    
    let x = imageRect.width + imageRect.minX
    let y = (contentRect.height - titleRect.height) / 2.0 + contentRect.minY
    let w = contentRect.width - imageRect.width * 2.0
    let h = titleRect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: titleEdgeInsets)
}

func rightAlignedTitleRect(forContentRect contentRect: CGRect) -> CGRect {
    
    let titleRect = super.titleRect(forContentRect: contentRect)
    let imageRect = self.imageRect(forContentRect: contentRect)

    let x = contentRect.minX + imageRect.width
    let y = (contentRect.height - titleRect.height) / 2.0 + contentRect.minY
    let w = contentRect.width - imageRect.width * 2.0
    let h = titleRect.height
    
    return CGRect(
        x: x,
        y: y,
        width: w,
        height: h
    ).inset(by: titleEdgeInsets)
}

// MARK: - Lifecycle
override func awakeFromNib() {
    super.awakeFromNib()
    
    titleLabel?.textAlignment = titleAlignment
}

override func prepareForInterfaceBuilder() {
    super.prepareForInterfaceBuilder()
    
    titleLabel?.textAlignment = titleAlignment
}
}

Hope you find it useful.

Answer 5

Look at this great answer in Swift.

extension UIButton {

    func alignImageAndTitleVertically(padding: CGFloat = 6.0) {
        let imageSize = self.imageView!.frame.size
        let titleSize = self.titleLabel!.frame.size
        let totalHeight = imageSize.height + titleSize.height + padding

        self.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(
            top: -(totalHeight - imageSize.height),
            left: 0,
            bottom: 0,
            right: -titleSize.width
        )

        self.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(
            top: 0,
            left: -imageSize.width,
            bottom: -(totalHeight - titleSize.height),
            right: 0
        )
    }

}

Answer 6

Subclass UIButton. Override -layoutSubviews to move the built-in subviews into new positions:

- (void)layoutSubviews
{
    [super layoutSubviews];

    CGRect frame = self.imageView.frame;
    frame = CGRectMake(truncf((self.bounds.size.width - frame.size.width) / 2), 0.0f, frame.size.width, frame.size.height);
    self.imageView.frame = frame;

    frame = self.titleLabel.frame;
    frame = CGRectMake(truncf((self.bounds.size.width - frame.size.width) / 2), self.bounds.size.height - frame.size.height, frame.size.width, frame.size.height);
    self.titleLabel.frame = frame;
}