Change the width of an UIBarButtonItem [duplicate]

Answer 1

you cant. If you want custom width you will need to use initWithCustomView

Answer 2

You can do it by dropping an image to the bar button item from the interface builder and changing the width of the custom view with this code:

CGRect frame = self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.customView.frame;
frame.size.width = 141;
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.customView.frame = frame;