CGRectMake for UIImageView?

Question

I am trying to use CGRectMake to assign a place and size to a uiimageview, here is the code;

     -(IBAction)done11 {

  [self performSelector:@selector(multibuttonvoid) withObject:nil afterDelay:2.0];



      }

  -(void)multibuttonvoid {

 UIImageView *multibtn = [UIImageView alloc];
multibtn.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"multibuttonpic"];

multibtn = CGRectMake(159, 325, 438, 318);
  [self.view addSubview:multibtn];


      }

So, as you can see if i press a button it should add a uiimageview with a picture. But for some reason, i get this error on the CGRectMake line: Assigning uiimageview to incompatible type CGRect, I thought a CGRect was a uiimage

Answer 1

A CGRect, a UIImage, and a UIImageView are completely different things.

CGRect is a simple stucture defining a rectangle in some arbitrary coordinate space, using a point (origin) and size (size).

A UIImage is an image and associated metadata.

A UIImageView is a UIView that is intended for displaying a UIImage.

It looks like what you really want is to set the frame property of your UIImageView, to instruct it as to where on the screen it should display:

multibtn.frame = CGRectMake(159, 325, 438, 318);

Also, BTW, don't forget to initialize your UIImageView, by calling either initWithImage:, initWithFrame:, or the like on it. This is usually done at the same time as the allocation:

UIImageView *multibtn = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:...];