How to change the icon of a Bar Button when pressed in Swift?

Question

I\'m creating a stopwatch in Swift and I want to change the play icon I have selected for a bar button to a pause icon when the button is pressed to start the stopwatch. How do

Answer 1

For Swift 3

This is how I did it in Swift 3:

var favoritesBarButtonOn: UIBarButtonItem!
var favoritesBarButtonOFF: UIBarButtonItem!

favoritesBarButtonOn = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "TabBarIconSettingsOff"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(didTapFavoritesBarButtonOn))
favoritesBarButtonOFF = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "TabBarIconSettingsOn"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(didTapFavoritesBarButtonOFF))

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [self.rightNavBarButton, self.favoritesBarButtonOn]

func didTapFavoritesBarButtonOn() {
    self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([self.rightNavBarButton, self.favoritesBarButtonOFF], animated: false)
    print("Show Favorites")
}

func didTapFavoritesBarButtonOFF() {
    self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([self.rightNavBarButton, self.favoritesBarButtonOn], animated: false)
    print("Show All Chat Rooms")
}

For Swift 4

var favoritesBarButtonOn: UIBarButtonItem! var favoritesBarButtonOFF: UIBarButtonItem!

favoritesBarButtonOn = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "TabBarIconSettingsOff"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(didTapFavoritesBarButtonOn))
favoritesBarButtonOFF = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "TabBarIconSettingsOn"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(didTapFavoritesBarButtonOFF))

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [self.favoritesBarButtonOn]

func didTapFavoritesBarButtonOn() {
    self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([self.favoritesBarButtonOFF], animated: false)
    print("Show Favorites")
}

func didTapFavoritesBarButtonOFF() {
    self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([self.favoritesBarButtonOn], animated: false)
    print("Show All Chat Rooms")
}