UIBarButtonItem with custom image and no border

Question

I want to create a UIBarButtonItem with a custom image, but I don\'t want the border that iPhone adds, as my Image has a special border.

It\'s the same as the back b

Answer 1

Check this out simple solution.

- (void)splitViewController:(UISplitViewController *)splitController willHideViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController withBarButtonItem:(UIBarButtonItem *)barButtonItem forPopoverController:(UIPopoverController *)popoverController
{
barButtonItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"navButton.png"];
barButtonItem.style = UIBarButtonItemStylePlain;

[barButtonItem setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"1x1.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:barButtonItem animated:YES];
self.masterPopoverController = popoverController;
}

Here 1x1.png is a 1 pixel transparent png image which you can download from the link below

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1x1.png