Change position of UIBarButtonItem in UINavigationBar

Question

How can I change the position of a UIBarButtonItem in a UINavigationBar? I would like my button to be about 5px higher than its normal position.

Answer 1

• Swift 3
• custom navigation bar height
• no title jumping

Step 1: Set title position using Appearance API. For example, in AppDelegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

UINavigationBar.appearance().setTitleVerticalPositionAdjustment(-7, for: .default)

Step 2: Subclass UINavigationBar

class YourNavigationBar: UINavigationBar {

    let YOUR_NAV_BAR_HEIGHT = 60

    override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {
        return CGSize(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, 
                     height: YOUR_NAV_BAR_HEIGHT)
    }

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        let navigationItem = self.topItem

        for subview in subviews {
            if  subview == navigationItem?.leftBarButtonItem?.customView ||
                subview == navigationItem?.rightBarButtonItem?.customView {
                subview.center = CGPoint(x: subview.center.x, y: YOUR_NAV_BAR_HEIGHT / 2)
            }
        }
    }
}