Swift Custom NavBar Back Button Image and Text

Question

I need to customise the look of a back button in a Swift project.

Here\'s what I have:

Here\'s what I want:

I\'ve tried creating my own UIBarButtonItem

Answer 1

This worked for me on iOS 13 using swift 5. Just hide the original back button and add a new navigation left bar button item with an action.

navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "backBtn"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(back(sender:)))

@objc func back(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
    self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated:true)
}