navigation bar right bar button items spacing

Question

I have created a with left bar button item added from storyboard, titleView and three right bar button items from code.

Here is the code:

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Answer 1

This solution is in Objective C

UIImage *settingImageName = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Menu_Burger_Icon"];
UIButton * settingButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[settingButton setImage:settingImageName forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[settingButton addTarget:self action:@selector(settingsBtnClicked) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
settingButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30);

UIBarButtonItem *settingBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:settingButton];

UIImage *notificationImageName = [UIImage imageNamed:@"NotificationON"];
UIButton * notificationButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[notificationButton setImage:notificationImageName forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[notificationButton addTarget:self action:@selector(notificationButtonClicked) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
notificationButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30);
UIBarButtonItem *notificationBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:notificationButton];

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems  = @[settingBarButton,notificationBarButton];

Solution reference by @mikle94. His answer is in Swift.

Answer 2

This is one of methods to solve that.

Use UIBarButtonItem as a space

let space = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .FixedSpace, target: nil, action: nil)
space.width = -20 // adjust as needed
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [pencilBtn, clipBtn, searchBtn, space]

Answer 3

I solved my problem in this way:

var searchImage = UIImage(named: "search-selected")!
var clipImage = UIImage(named: "clip")!
var pencilImage = UIImage(named: "pencil")!

let searchBtn: UIButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as! UIButton
searchBtn.setImage(searchImage, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
searchBtn.addTarget(self, action: "searchBtnPressed", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
searchBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
let searchBarBtn = UIBarButtonItem(customView: searchBtn)

let clipBtn: UIButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as! UIButton
clipBtn.setImage(clipImage, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
clipBtn.addTarget(self, action: "clipBtnPressed", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
clipBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
let clipBarBtn = UIBarButtonItem(customView: clipBtn)

let pencilBtn: UIButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as! UIButton
pencilBtn.setImage(pencilImage, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
pencilBtn.addTarget(self, action: "pencilBtnPressed", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
pencilBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
let pencilBarBtn = UIBarButtonItem(customView: pencilBtn)

self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([pencilBarBtn, clipBarBtn, searchBarBtn], animated: false)

Now it looks good,

Update for Swift 4.1

let testButton : UIButton = UIButton.init(type: .custom)
testButton.setImage(editImage, for: .normal)
testButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(didTapCameraButton), for: .touchUpInside)
testButton.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30)
let addButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: testButton)

Answer 4

For Swift 3:

let searchBtn: UIButton = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.custom)
searchBtn.setImage(UIImage(named: "search"), for: [])
searchBtn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.searchBtnPressed(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
searchBtn.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30)
let searchButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: searchBtn)

let clipBtn: UIButton = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.custom)
clipBtn.setImage(UIImage(named: "clip"), for: [])
clipBtn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.clipBtnPressed(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
clipBtn.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30)
let clipButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: clipBtn)

let pencilBtn: UIButton = UIButton(type: UIButtonType.custom)
pencilBtn.setImage(UIImage(named: "pencil"), for: [])
pencilBtn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.pencilBtnPressed(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
pencilBtn.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30)
let pencilButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: pencilBtn)

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [pencilButton, clipButton, searchButton]

Replace ViewController with your view controller