How do you add an action to a button programmatically in xcode

Question

I know how to add an IBAction to a button by dragging from the interface builder, but I want to add the action programmatically to save time and to avoid switching back and

Answer 1

Try this:

Swift 4

myButton.addTarget(self,
                   action: #selector(myAction),
                   for: .touchUpInside)

Objective-C

[myButton addTarget:self 
             action:@selector(myAction) 
   forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

You can find a rich source of information in Apple's Documentation. Have a look at the UIButton's documentation, it will reveal that UIButton is a descendant of UIControl, which implements the method to add targets.

--

You'll need to pay attention to whether add colon or not after myAction in action:@selector(myAction)

Here's the reference.

Answer 2

IOS 14 SDK: you can add action with closure callback:

let button = UIButton(type: .system, primaryAction: UIAction(title: "Button Title", handler: { _ in
            print("Button tapped!")
        }))

Getting a reference to the control sender

let textField = UITextField()
textField.addAction(UIAction(title: "", handler: { action in
    let textField = action.sender as! UITextField
    print("Text is \(textField.text)")
}), for: .editingChanged)

source

Answer 3

 CGRect buttonFrame = CGRectMake( x-pos, y-pos, width, height );   //
 CGRectMake(10,5,10,10) 

 UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame: buttonFrame];

 button setTitle: @"My Button" forState: UIControlStateNormal];

 [button addTarget:self action:@selector(btnClicked:) 
 forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

 [button setTitleColor: [UIColor BlueVolor] forState:
 UIControlStateNormal];

 [view addSubview:button];




 -(void)btnClicked {
    // your code }

Answer 4

CGRect buttonFrame = CGRectMake( 10, 80, 100, 30 );
        UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame: buttonFrame];
        [button setTitle: @"My Button" forState: UIControlStateNormal];
        [button addTarget:self action:@selector(btnSelected:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        [button setTitleColor: [UIColor redColor] forState: UIControlStateNormal];
[view addSubview:button];

Answer 5

 UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button addTarget:self 
       action:@selector(aMethod1:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button setTitle:@"Show View" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.frame = CGRectMake(80.0, 210.0, 160.0, 40.0);
[view addSubview:button];   

Answer 6

Swift answer:

myButton.addTarget(self, action: "click:", for: .touchUpInside)

func click(sender: UIButton) {
    print("click")
}

Documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uicontrol/1618259-addtarget