Glow effect to custom UIButton like info UIButton - iphone

Question

As I am new in iphone development. I want to give glow effect like "info UIButton" to "custom UIButton".
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Please help me in this case, to give the above effect on button tap.

Answer 1

I found an easy way to do as I want.
It's by enabling check mark of "Shows Touch On Highlight" property.
See the screenshot..
It's working fine for my custom buttons.

Answer 2

if you do not want to use image then use below code
import 'CoreGraphics framework' to use below code
-(IBAction)myButtonTapped:(id)sender
{
UIButton *tmpbtn=(UIButton *)sender;
tmpbtn.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor cyanColor].CGColor;
tmpbtn.layer.shadowRadius = 10.0f;
tmpbtn.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f;
tmpbtn.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeZero;
}
To remove glow effect just add
-(void)removeBtnGlow
{
myBtn.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor clearColor].CGColor;
myBtn.layer.shadowRadius = 10.0f;
myBtn.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f;
myBtn.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeZero;
}

Answer 3

you cut the image of glow effect like and use this code
[yourBtn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"yourimagename"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];

Answer 4

Have you tried to create an image of a glowing version of your button icon and set it in code like this:
[yourButton setImage:glowImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
or in the interface builder:

Answer 5

As a UIBUtton category and by using glowWithProgress: you can animate glow change
#implementation UIButton (Extra)
-(void)addGlow{
[self glowWithProgress:1.0];
}
-(void)removeGlow{
[self glowWithProgress:0.0];
}
-(void)glowWithProgress:(CGFloat)progress{
CGFloat realProgress = MAX(.0f, MIN(1.0f, progress));
self.layer.shadowColor = [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor;
self.layer.shadowRadius = 10.0f;
self.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f * realProgress;
self.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeZero;
}
#end