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Key-value observing on UIButton's State

UIButton has a state property, which appears to be KVO compliant by all accounts and there is no documentation to indicate otherwise. However, when I added an observer to a UIButton's state property, the observer callback was never invoked. How come?

Solution

  • If you look at the documentation of UIControl, the state property is marked: synthesized from other flags.

    I guess this is why changes to this property are not KVO compliant.

    However, you can simply register and observer for the values you need - highlighted, selected, enabled. These properties are KVO compliant and you will get the observer callback when they change.