Question or problem with Swift language programming:
I am trying to change the font of a UIButton using Swift…
myButton.font = UIFont(name: "...", 10)
However .font is deprecated and I’m not sure how to change the font otherwise.
Any suggestions?
How to solve the problem:
Solution 1:
Use titleLabel instead. The font property is deprecated in iOS 3.0. It also does not work in Objective-C. titleLabel is label used for showing title on UIButton.
myButton.titleLabel?.font = UIFont(name: YourfontName, size: 20)
However, while setting title text you should only use setTitle:forControlState:. Do not use titleLabel to set any text for title directly.
Solution 2:
For Swift 3.0:
button.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 16)
where “boldSystemFont” and “16” can be replaced with your custom font and size.
Solution 3:
Dot-notation is awesome (swift 4.2) 👌
btn.titleLabel?.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 12)
Solution 4:
You don’t need to force unwrap the titleLabel to set it.
myButton.titleLabel?.font = UIFont(name: YourfontName, size: 20)
Since you’re not using the titleLabel here, you can just optionally use it and if it’s nil it will just be a no-op.
I’ll also add as other people are saying, the font property is deprecated, and make sure to use setTitle:forControlState: when setting the title text.
Solution 5:
From the documentation:
The font used to display text on the button. (Deprecated in iOS 3.0. Use the font property of the titleLabel instead.)
