Change width of a UIBarButtonItem in a UINavigationBar

Question

I am creating a UIBarButtonItem and adding it to my navigation bar like so:

(void)viewDidLoad { 

   ...

   // Add the refresh button to the navigation bar
         


        

Answer 1

The following approach worked, see code to change width and height of the button and to add action item as well.

UIButton *imageButton = [[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 22, 22)];
[imageButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"message_button"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[imageButton addTarget:self action:@selector(messageButtonTapped) forControlEvents:UIControlEventAllEvents];
UIBarButtonItem *leftBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:imageButton];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButtonItem;

Note: The target and action of the UIBarButtonItem does not apply to image view