The following attempts to make a navigation button and animate it, however I think I am missing something.
Please let me know where I went wrong.
Thank you! This is in a custom UINavigationItem class
-(void)awakeFromNib{
[super awakeFromNib];
UIImage *myimage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter.png"];
NSArray * imageArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter1.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter2.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter3.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter4.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter5.png"],
nil];
CGRect frameimg = CGRectMake(0, 0, myimage.size.width, myimage.size.height);
UIButton *someButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frameimg];
[someButton setBackgroundImage:myimage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *filterButton =[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:someButton];
someButton.imageView.animationImages =imageArray;
someButton.imageView.animationDuration=2.0;
someButton.imageView.contentMode=UIViewContentModeBottomLeft;
[someButton.imageView startAnimating];
self.rightBarButtonItem =filterButton;
}
figured it out:
-(void)awakeFromNib{
[super awakeFromNib];
NSArray * imageArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter1.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter2.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter3.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter4.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter5.png"],
nil];
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBarFilter.png"]];
imageView.animationImages =imageArray;
imageView.animationDuration=1.5;
UIButton *someButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
someButton.bounds=imageView.bounds;
[someButton addSubview:imageView];
UIBarButtonItem *filterButton =[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:someButton];
self.rightBarButtonItem =filterButton;
[imageView startAnimating];
}