how to add an image to a button

jason_bullen · August 15, 2021, 8:00am

I can draw a button with “widget.newButton” which is fine.
But now I want to add a nice icon to my button.
Is there an easy way, or do i need to create my own “iconButton” object?

gslender · August 19, 2021, 10:21pm

I think creating a 2 frame button and adding your own label, border and image is the only way, so maybe even extending/borrowing form the source and spinning your own newIconButton with what you need for icon/image support might be the faster way?? - plus if you get that working, then publish the code and give back to the community

github.com

coronalabs/framework-widget/blob/master/widgetLibrary/widget_button.lua


-- Abstract: widget.newButton()
-- Code is MIT licensed; see https://www.coronalabs.com/links/code/license
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

local M = 
{
	_options = {},
	_widgetName = "widget.newButton",
}


-- Require needed widget files
local _widget = require( "widget" )

local isGraphicsV1 = ( 1 == display.getDefault( "graphicsCompatibility" ) )
local isByteColorRange = display.getDefault( "isByteColorRange" )

-- Function to handle touches on a widget button, function is common to all widget button creation types (ie image files, imagesheet, and 9 slice button creation)
local function manageButtonTouch( view, event )

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