How to display Underlined Text in a Button on iOS?

Question

I want to display the mail ID in my view such that clicking the mail ID should open the mail composer view.

I want to display the button text as underlined to show it is a hyperlink and for the button click event to call the mail composer view. At present, I am not able to show the button text underlined.

I thought of placing a label above the button and adjusting the label property to get the underlined text but that did not work.

Is there a different way to get the appearance and behavior I want?

Answer 1

Another alternative is to set an image for the button. Create an image that displays the appropriate text and the button will display that instead of text.

I agree with Zack that underlining text is redundant and violates the interface grammar. You underline text for links in the first place to indicate that they have behavior like buttons. If the text is already in a button, there is no need to underline it to indicate it behaves like a button because the user already expects an action in response to clicking it.