Custom back button in UINavigationController

Question

For an application I\'m developing, I need to display a custom back button in a navigation bar. I have the button asset as a PNG image, and I\'m writing this code:

Answer 1

Simply create a UIBarButtonItem instead of an embedded UIButton in UIBarButtonItem. Works fine!

UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"button_back.png"] style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton;