If I have a UIButton arranged using autolayout, its size adjusts nicely to fit its content.
If I set an image as button.image, the instrinsic size again
I wanted to add a 5pt space between my UIButton icon and the label. This is how I achieved it:
UIButton *infoButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
// more button config etc
infoButton.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 5);
infoButton.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 5, 0, -5);
The way contentEdgeInsets, titleEdgeInsets and imageEdgeInsets relate to each other requires a little give and take from each inset. So if you add some insets to the title's left you have to add negative inset on the right and provide some more space (via a positive inset) on the content right.
By adding a right content inset to match the shift of the title insets my text doesn't go outside the bounds of the button.