How to dynamically change UIButton title during Touch and Hold

I am following this answer to change the title of my UIButton. To summarize, here's what I need to do:

• When the user taps down, the button title starts to change.

• While the touch is being held, it should change every 1 second and the user should be able to see it.

• When the user touches (stops touching), the button caption should be fixed to the last held value.

I handle 1 using setTitle: forState:

I was treated with 2 using setTitle: forState: . This continues as long as the timer continues to fire after touching the user every 1 second.

I am handling 3 using titleForState . However, here I am not getting the value set to 2. Sometimes when I get the correct value, there is another problem: after touch mode is over, I still see the same old title in this custom UIButton in the UI, not the same which I am reading using titleForState. (in this respect even UIButton.textLabel.text gives the wrong value)

1 - Am I following the correct touch and hold approach? (I mean using the timer approach pictured for setting and reading UIButton titles)

2 - If yes, what should I change in my code to read the correct value of the UIButton title?

EDIT:

I got rid of the problem I got in 3 above. The reason for this question was this: I did not supply the same combination UIControlState

during read and write. I assumed that if you write UIControlStateNormal | UIControlStateHighlighted

to write the title and then use UIControlStateNormal

to read it, it should return currect title and vice versa. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I changed my application logic so that I only need to use one of these states both times.

However, the main problem still remains (2 above) - how to show the title while the UIButton is still in the selected state. The name is completely invisible as long as the touch persists.