How to remove padding next to a UIBarButtonItem

Question

I have added a custom button to the navigation bar\'s custom right bar button item as shown in the image.

I\'m want to be able to remove the space after the button

Answer 1

You have to create a new view, add button and everything else you want and add it to the titleView as shown.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    self.navigationItem.titleView = [self titleView];
}

- (UIView *)titleView {
    CGFloat navBarHeight = self.navigationController.navigationBar.frame.size.height;
    CGFloat width = 0.95 * self.view.frame.size.width;
    UIView *containerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, width, navBarHeight)];
..
// please add what you need here
....
}

Answer 2

You can do this by adding a UIView then add inside it your button with x=spaceWidth y = 0.

look at the below code for the right item (this is inside UINavigationItem category)

1 -

UIView *_rightView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 44, 44)]; [_rightView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor purpleColor]];//debug color

2-

    UIButton *aLeftButton = [[UIButton alloc] init];

   //...//

    aLeftButton.frame = CGRectMake(-15, 0, 44, 44);//in your case +15
    [aLeftButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:buttonName] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [aLeftButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[buttonName stringByAppendingString:@"Selected"]] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
    [aLeftButton setAdjustsImageWhenDisabled:NO];
    [aLeftButton setAdjustsImageWhenHighlighted:NO];

    [aLeftButton addTarget:theSender action:aSelector forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    [_rightView addSubview:aLeftButton];
    UIBarButtonItem *aBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:_rightView];
    [leftBarButtonsItem addObject:aBarButton];`

3

self.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButtonsItem;

Answer 3

You can't, unless you subclass UINavigationBar or override its methods via category.

Answer 4

You can add a fixed space element with a negative width (I know, this sounds like a hack, but it works):

UIButton *aButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];    
aButton.frame = CGRectMake(50.0, 0.0, 60, 44);
UIBarButtonItem *aBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:aButton];
[aButton addTarget:self action:@selector(testButtonControl:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

UIBarButtonItem *spaceFix = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:NULL];
spaceFix.width = -5;

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = @[spaceFix, aBarButtonItem];