How to add a customized image button to UINavigationBar in iPhone sdk

Question

I want to add customized arrow buttons to UINavigation Bar which comes at the top.

what I want to do is create a custom image button and place it over the bar. When I t

Answer 1

Try doing the following:

UINavigationBar *bar = self.navigationController.navigationBar;
bar.titleView = leftArrowButton;  // change title view
bar.leftBarButtonItem = leftArrowButton; // if ref is UIBarButtonItem

You should consider using a UIBarButtonItem rather than UIButton.

You can also customize the bar buttons as well with images (using the initWithImage:style:target:action:):

UIBarButtonItem *item = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:myImage
                             style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered
                            target:self action:@selector(buttonPressed:)];
bar.leftBarButtonItem = item;
[item release];

You can also use any view you like (with some consideration for the size) using the initWithCustomView::

UIBarButtonItem *item = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
                           initWithCustomView:leftArrowButton];
bar.leftBarButtonItem = item;
[item release];