How to disable UIButton highlight action - iphone

Question

I'm trying to implement an analog of segmented control with two buttons. In default state they have no images, only labels, in selected one they have background image. I want to activate control with TouchDown event.
here is the code (I removed all unnecessary things):
-(IBAction) onButton1
{
button1.selected = YES;
button2.selected = NO;
}
-(IBAction) onButton2
{
button1.selected = NO;
button2.selected = YES;
}
the problem is: assume button1 is selected. When I touch button2 it does not change its image to "selected" image (there is no default image, as I've said), but when I release finger it changes. Also, if I touch already selected button it removes "selected" image and return it when I release it.
I've set highlighted state of buttons, so they have "selected" image in that state, but it did not help (not only in IB, but also with [button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"selected.png"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];). I've set adjustsImageWhenHighlighted = NO, that did not help too, again, in both program way and IB.
I've seen a lot of similar (but not identical) questions here, but they did not work for me.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Since, you wanted to activate the action at touch down event, I assume that you dont need highlighting. Try the following code
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
button1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
button1.frame = CGRectMake(10.0f, 10.0f, 50.0f, 50.0f);
[button1 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"btn.jpeg"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button1 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"btnsel.jpeg"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[button1 addTarget:self action:#selector(button1Action:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[button1 addTarget:self action:#selector(button1TouchUp:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside|UIControlEventTouchUpOutside];
[self.view addSubview:button1];
button1.selected = YES;
button2 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
button2.frame = CGRectMake(80.0f, 10.0f, 50.0f, 50.0f);
[button2 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"btn.jpeg"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button2 setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"btnsel.jpeg"] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[button2 addTarget:self action:#selector(button2Action:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
[button2 addTarget:self action:#selector(button2TouchUp:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside|UIControlEventTouchUpOutside];
[self.view addSubview:button2];
}
- (void)button1Action:(UIButton*)sender
{
button1.highlighted = NO;
button1.selected = YES;
button2.selected = NO;
}
- (void)button2Action:(UIButton*)sender
{
button2.highlighted = NO;
button2.selected = YES;
button1.selected = NO;
}
- (void)button1TouchUp:(id)sender
{
button1.highlighted = NO;
}
- (void)button2TouchUp:(id)sender
{
button2.highlighted = NO;
}