DDExpandableButton

Purpose

DDExpandableButton is a single-file iOS 5.0+ 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.

Properties

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. Use 0 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 from labelFont.

• @property (nonatomic,readonly) NSArray *labels; Access UIView used to draw labels.

Methods

A DDExpandableButton has the following methods:

• - (id)initWithPoint:(CGPoint)point leftTitle:(id)leftTitle buttons:(NSArray *)buttons; Init method where you can specify leftTitle and buttons.

• - (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 a NSString, an UIImage or any UIView (but the view must implement DDExpandableButtonViewSource protocol).

• - (void)setButtons:(NSArray *)buttons; Set buttons views : you can use a NSString, an UIImage or any UIView (but the view must implement DDExpandableButtonViewSource protocol).

• - (void)disableTimeout; If you want to disable timeout shrunk. You can set timeout to 0 also.

• - (void)updateDisplay; When modifying button parameters, use this method to update button display.

Protocols

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.

Usage

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];

License

DDExpandableButton is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.