DDExpandableButton
is a single-file iOS 3.0+ non-ARC class (ARC compatible) designed to be used like an expandable UIButton
; as seen in the iOS Camera app for the flash button.
Originally inspired by ExpandyButton.
A DDExpandableButton has the following properties:
-
@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL expanded;
Current button status (if expanded or shrunk). -
@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL useAnimation;
Use animation during button state transitions. -
@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL toggleMode;
Use button as a toggle (like "HDR On" / "HDR Off" button in camera app). -
@property (nonatomic,assign) CGFloat timeout;
To shrink the button after a timeout. Use0
if you want to disable timeout. -
@property (nonatomic,assign) CGFloat horizontalPadding;
Horizontal padding space between items. -
@property (nonatomic,assign) CGFloat verticalPadding;
Vertical padding space above and below items. -
@property (nonatomic,assign) CGFloat borderWidth;
Width (thickness) of the button border. -
@property (nonatomic,assign) CGFloat innerBorderWidth;
Width (thickness) of the inner borders between items. -
@property (nonatomic,assign) NSUInteger selectedItem;
Selected item number. -
@property (nonatomic,retain) UIColor *borderColor;
Color of the button and inner borders. -
@property (nonatomic,retain) UIColor *textColor;
Color of text labels. -
@property (nonatomic,retain) UIFont *labelFont;
Font of text labels. -
@property (nonatomic,retain) UIFont *unSelectedLabelFont;
Font of unselected text labels.Nil
if not different fromlabelFont
. -
@property (nonatomic,readonly) NSArray *labels;
AccessUIView
used to draw labels.
A DDExpandableButton has the following methods:
-
- (id)initWithPoint:(CGPoint)point leftTitle:(id)leftTitle buttons:(NSArray *)buttons;
Init method where you can specifyleftTitle
andbuttons
. -
- (void)setSelectedItem:(NSUInteger)selected animated:(BOOL)animated;
Animated version of- (void)setSelectedItem:(NSUInteger)selected
. -
- (void)setExpanded:(BOOL)expanded animated:(BOOL)animated;
Animated version of- (void)setExpanded:(BOOL)expanded
. -
- (void)setLeftTitle:(id)leftTitle;
Set left title view : you can use aNSString
, anUIImage
or anyUIView
(but the view must implementDDExpandableButtonViewSource
protocol). -
- (void)setButtons:(NSArray *)buttons;
Set buttons views : you can use aNSString
, anUIImage
or anyUIView
(but the view must implementDDExpandableButtonViewSource
protocol). -
- (void)disableTimeout;
If you want to disable timeout shrunk. You can settimeout
to0
also. -
- (void)updateDisplay;
When modifying button parameters, use this method to update button display.
The DDExpandableButtonViewSource
protocol, used when you specify the title or the different buttons, has the following methods:
-
- (CGSize)defaultFrameSize;
Returns default frame size of the view, used when expanding the button. -
- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted;
Optional, used to change appearance of selected items.
Example : a button with four text labels and a hook when value change.
NSArray *buttons = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Black", @"Red", @"Green", @"Blue", nil];
DDExpandableButton *colorButton = [[[DDExpandableButton alloc] initWithPoint:CGPointMake(20, 70) leftTitle:@"Color" buttons:buttons] autorelease];
[[self view] addSubview:colorButton];
[colorButton addTarget:self action:@selector(toggleColor:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
DDExpandableButton is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.