QButtonElement gradiend background

[BossOz]

Is possibile to make a QButtonElement with a gradiend background?
The standard on is very "flat" :D

Tnks
Oscar

[BossOz]

if ([element isKindOfClass:[QButtonElement class]]){
    cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

    CGFloat colors[8] = { 158.0 / 255, 198.0 / 255, 153.0 / 255, 1,
                          13.0 / 255, 157.0 / 255, 35.0 / 255, 1 };
    CGFloat locations[2] = { 0.0, 1.0 };

    CGColorSpaceRef baseSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    CGGradientRef myGradient = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(baseSpace, colors, locations, 2);
    // Allocate color space
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    // Allocate bitmap context
    CGContextRef bitmapContext = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, cell.frame.size.width, cell.frame.size.height, 8, 4 * 320, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst);
    // Draw Gradient Here
    CGContextDrawLinearGradient(bitmapContext, myGradient, CGPointMake(0, cell.frame.size.height), CGPointMake(0.0f, 0.0f), 0);
    // Create a CGImage from context
    CGImageRef cgImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(bitmapContext);
    // Create a UIImage from CGImage
    UIImage *uiImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgImage];
    // Release the CGImage
    CGImageRelease(cgImage);
    // Release the bitmap context
    CGContextRelease(bitmapContext);
    // Release the color space
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
    // Create the patterned UIColor and set as background color
    //[cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"backGreenButton.png"]]];
    [cell setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithPatternImage:uiImage]];
}

used in
(void)cell:(UITableViewCell *)cell willAppearForElement:(QElement *)element atIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

[fechu]

I think it would be worth it to implement this as a new property and perhaps define some default color schemes like success, warning and error. What do you think?

[escoz]

Making this a property in the element is not the solution, I would say. It'll be a big problem once you move to iOS7. The property is already available in the QAppearance class, simply create new appearance object for the button and set the image background or background color there. The sample app does that: LoginController.m, line 40.