Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { // Set property _tapped = YES; // Force drawRect to be called (NEVER, EVER call drawRect directly) [self setNeedsDisplay]; // Superclass implementation [super touchesBegan:touches withEvent:event]; } -(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { _tapped = NO; [self setNeedsDisplay]; [super touchesEnded:touches withEvent:event]; } // Distance from the button beyond which it should no longer be highlighted static CGFloat touchDistance = 70; -(void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { // Get the distance between the touch point and the button bounds CGPoint touchPoint = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self]; // Define the touch area frame using the touch distance defined above CGRect touchArea = CGRectMake(0, - touchDistance, CGRectGetWidth(self.frame), CGRectGetHei...

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@larryonoff » 11 Nov '12, 8am
RT @romainbriche: Taming UIButton: 4 techniques of varying levels of difficulty to draw a custom UIButton [link] via @kaishin @thoughtbot
@romainbriche » 11 Nov '12, 6am
Taming UIButton: 4 techniques of varying levels of difficulty to draw a custom UIButton [link] via @kaishin @thoughtbot
@idanhart » 29 Oct '12, 4am
Useful info here. [link]
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@BoloMichelin » 21 Oct '12, 12am
Un article explorant les + et - des techniques de "customisation" sous IOS. Et vous quelle est la votre ? [link]
@rolandal » 17 Oct '12, 3pm
Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton [link] #ios #mobile #dev A good walkthrough here!
@jasonpvasquez » 16 Oct '12, 7pm
Taming UIButton: [link]
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@samgbx Filed under: Show to future clients that want to use huge .png images for custom iOS buttons/elements - [link] • this
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@daferpi » 16 Oct '12, 6am
como #customizar botones en #iOS diferentes tecnicas [link] #apple #iphone #developers
@inautilo » 15 Oct '12, 11pm
Design / DESIGNING FOR IOS: TAMING UIBUTTON [link] by @kaishin. #design #technique #uibutton #objectivec #ios
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iOs Design: taming UI Button: [link] #etec_mobile via @AleDreo
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Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton: submitted by dreamcode [link] [8 comments] [link]
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Different ways to handle iOS buttons: [link]
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I'm looking at you @joao_mags on this one: [link]
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"Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton" [link] - read via @Prismatic
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@Senkwe » 13 Oct '12, 7am
Pretty amazing that iOS has such huge developer mindshare when they have to hack up stuff like this. [link] #FAIL
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5 ways to make a custom UIButton (Appearance) [link]
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Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton [link] (via Instapaper)
@paupino_masano » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
A nice verbose look at UIButton theming (with +ve's, -ve's for each) in iOS: [link]
@dquail » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Designing UIButtons in iOS - 4 separate approaches to make them not suck - [link]
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Different techniques for drawing UIButtons: [link]
@jrasmusson » 12 Oct '12, 5pm
Some good UIButton tricks: [link] #ios
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RT @simurai: I've always wondered about designing in iOS, and ohh boy.. does that look painful: [link] #CSS FTW!
@BoringCode » 12 Oct '12, 5pm
I had no idea designing for iOS could be so painful. [link]
@simurai » 12 Oct '12, 5pm
I've always wondered about designing in iOS, and ohh boy.. does that look painful: [link] #CSS FTW!
@mronge » 12 Oct '12, 4pm
Designing for iOS: Taming UIButton [link] Check Andy Matuschak's comments at the bottom about the performance implications
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@KarlOscarWeber » 12 Oct '12, 3pm
custom iOS buttons: [link] an absolute gem for less experienced developers like me.
@mrseth01 » 12 Oct '12, 2pm
UIButton Explained #ios [link]