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

UIButton *btnNotification=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
btnNotification.frame=CGRectMake(130,80,120,40);
btnNotification.backgroundColor=[UIColor greenColor];
[btnNotification setTitle:@"create Notification" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[btnNotification addTarget:self action:@selector(btnClicked) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:btnNotification];


}

-(void)btnClicked
{
    // Here You can write functionality 

}

Answer 2

try this:

first write this in your .h file of viewcontroller

UIButton *btn;

Now write this in your .m file of viewcontrollers viewDidLoad.

btn=[[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 20, 30, 30)];
[btn setBackgroundColor:[UIColor orangeColor]];
//adding action programatically
[btn addTarget:self action:@selector(btnClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.view addSubview:btn];

write this outside viewDidLoad method in .m file of your view controller

- (IBAction)btnClicked:(id)sender
{
   //Write a code you want to execute on buttons click event
}

Answer 3

For Swift 3

Create a function for button action first and then add the function to your button target

func buttonAction(sender: UIButton!) {
    print("Button tapped")
}

button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(buttonAction),for: .touchUpInside)

Answer 4

UIButton inherits from UIControl. That has all of the methods to add/remove actions: UIControl Class Reference. Look at the section "Preparing and Sending Action Messages", which covers – sendAction:to:forEvent: and – addTarget:action:forControlEvents:.