Interface Builder Does Not Recognize Toolbar Buttons

Question

I created 4 UIButton's that are Custom and Plain in IB.

I added a background image to them and then placed them onto my UIToolbar.

I created IBActions and hooked up all of the buttons

I did not create @property for the buttons, but 3/4 of them appear on my toolbar when I run the app in my the simulator. There is a blank space for the missing toolbar item, but when I click on the blank space, it calls my IBAction.

Why isnt my 4th button appearing? If I need to declare an @property for them, will it be a UIToolbarButtonItem or a UIButton?

Note: IB Is showing the buttons as a "Custom Button" instead of a Bar Button Item. I want a custom button because I don't want the image on the button to become inverted.

Answer 1

All that matters is that they have an IBOutlet , and are declared correctly for the ui element you are trying to connect to. A @property isn't essential (but is good practice). You can have the IBOutlet on either the declaration, the @property , or both.

Buttons in a toolbar are UIBarButtonItems; buttons on a plain view are UIButtons. They are different things. You seem confused on this issue, so please double check your code.