javiertorron / UIActivityButton

UIButton with a central activity indicator. Perfect for showing loads inside button itself.

UIActivityButton

Are you looking for how to put a Activity Indicator inside a button? UIActivityButton fits for you It is like a normal UIButton, but implements two selectors for showing and hiding the loader. Stop showing indicators in your view, and show it ondirectly on your download/send/connect... button.

How To Use

Copy both .m and .h files into your project and import it where you want to use:

#import "UIActivityButton"

You have 2 options.

Storyboard use:

Set the class of your UIButton to UIActivityButton. In the options you can select Spinner Color for changing the Activity Indicator color.

Programmatically:

UIActivityButton *yourButton = [[UIActivityButton alloc] initWithColor:[UIColor redColor]];

Showing and hiding the activity indicator.

// You can call this selectors inside UIActivityButton IBAction or even outside
[yourButton showLoading];   // Hides button title, button image, and deletes UIEdgeInsets
[yourButton hideLoading];   // Hides activity indicator and restores previous title, image and UIEdgeInsets

NOTE: You can use the button as a normal UIButton in code or storyboard.

So easy!