How to set target and action for UIBarButtonItem at runtime

Question

Tried this but only works for UIButton:

[btn setTarget:self action:@selector(btnClicked:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

Answer 1

UIBarButtonItem doesnt have the same addTarget method so you have to set them directly as follows

btn.target = self;
btn.action = @selector(barButtonCustomPressed:);

...

// can specify UIBarButtonItem instead of id for this case
-(IBAction)barButtonCustomPressed:(UIBarButtonItem*)btn 
{
    NSLog(@"button tapped %@", btn.title);
}