How to programmatically replace UIToolBar items built in IB

Question

I have a toolbar with various image buttons, created in Interface Builder.

I\'d like to be able to programmatically replace one of the buttons with an activity indic

Answer 1

Swift has a much easier way. In my case, I am switching the play button with the pause button every touch.

@IBAction func playandPause(sender: UIBarButtonItem) { // Here we are creating an outlet. Hook this up to the bar button item.
    for (index, button) in toolbarItems!.enumerate() { // Enumerating through all the buttons
        if button === sender { // === operator is used to check if the two objects are the exact same instance in memory.
            var barButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem!
            if mediaplayer.playing {
                mediaplayer.pause()
                barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem.init(barButtonSystemItem: .Play, target: self, action: #selector(playandPause(_:)))
            }else {
                mediaplayer.play()
                barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem.init(barButtonSystemItem: .Pause, target: self, action: #selector(playandPause(_:)))
            }
            toolbarItems![index] = barButtonItem // Replace the old item with the new item.
            break // Break once we have found the button as it is unnecessary to complete the rest of the loop
        }
    }
}