iOS 7 BarButtonItem with image and title

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how can I achieve something like this:

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Answer 1

You can embed a UIButton as a custom view inside your UIBarButtonItem. You can create your UIButton however you want, including with an image and text, using -setImage:forState: and -setTitle:forState:.

UIButton* customButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[customButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[customButton setTitle:@"Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[customButton sizeToFit];
UIBarButtonItem* customBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:customButton];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = customBarButtonItem; // or self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem

Note that when doing this, you'll need to attach your IBAction methods to customButton, not to customBarButtonItem.

For more info, see the documentation for initWithCustomView:.

You can also do all of this in interface builder just by dragging a UIButton to the left bar button/right bar button slot on a navigation bar.

Answer 2

So I managed to do my solution programatically... Some users where complaining it does not work ... So how to create UTToolbar with image and item so that you can change color of button by tint and it magically alters image as well as title label ? My UI editor solution works for sure... In this code can clarify things more and you can do it programatically either...

- (void)loadToolbar {
    NSMutableArray *items = NSMutableArray.new;
    [items add:[UIBarButtonItem createWithItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace :nil :nil]];
    for (uint pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < _controllers.count; ++pageIndex) {
        UIView *itemView = [UIView.alloc initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 44)];
        itemView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        itemView.tintColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
        [itemView addSubview:[self createToolbarForItemView:pageIndex]];
        [itemView addSubview:[self createButtonForItemView:pageIndex]];
        UIBarButtonItem *item = [UIBarButtonItem.alloc initWithCustomView:itemView];
        item.style = UIBarButtonItemStylePlain;
        [items add:item];
        [items add:[UIBarButtonItem createWithItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace :nil :nil]];
    }
    [_toolbar setItems:items];
}

- (UIButton *)createButtonForItemView:(uint)pageIndex {
    UIButton *itemButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
    itemButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 44);
    itemButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:11];
    itemButton.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(30, 0, 0, 0);
    itemButton.text = [_controllers[pageIndex] tabTitle];
    itemButton.touchUp = ^(UIButton *sender) {
        for (UIButton *button in _buttons) button.superview.tintColor = UI.toolBarInactiveButtonTextColor;
        sender.superview.tintColor = UI.toolBarActiveButtonTextColor;
        [self showPage:pageIndex];
    };
    [_buttons add:itemButton];
    return itemButton;
}

- (UIToolbar *)createToolbarForItemView:(uint)pageIndex {
    UIToolbar *itemToolbar = [UIToolbar.alloc initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 44)];
    itemToolbar.tintColor = nil;
    itemToolbar.barStyle = _toolbar.barStyle;
    itemToolbar.translucent = _toolbar.translucent;
    UIBarButtonItem *imageItem = [_controllers[pageIndex] tabImageItem];
    imageItem.style = UIBarButtonItemStylePlain;
    imageItem.tintColor = nil;
    imageItem.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-10, 0, 0, 0);
    itemToolbar.items = @[
            [UIBarButtonItem createWithItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace :nil :nil],
            imageItem,
            [UIBarButtonItem createWithItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace :nil :nil]
    ];
    return itemToolbar;
}

Answer 3

I was not satisfied with all solutions found on stack overflow becauseI like how UIBarButtonItenm convert images so they are displayed correctly and they can be changed with tint colour. So i discovered this solution that I can use nicely with not much code... End effect is similar to toolbar in facebook and other current apps...

When you change tint colour of view contained in UIBArButtonItem colours of image and title change accordingly, really cool , I do not have to create special images at all.

This code is called from each button like that Competition Button, and also Button is set as referencing outlet...

- (void)selectButton:(UIButton *)sender { 
    _competitionButton.superview.tintColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
    _usersButton.superview.tintColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor]; 
    _managementButton.superview.tintColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];    
    sender.superview.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; 
}

- (IBAction)onCompetitionButtonClick:(UIButton *)sender {
    [self selectButton:sender];
    [_scrollView scrollToPage:0 of:3];
}

In Button like that titled Competition there is only title and in bar button item there is image... This is how I have setup it and it works , maybe there are also other possibilities..

Answer 4

I solved this problem as follows:

[Button **setTitleColor**:[UIColor colorWithRed:129/255.0f green:124/255.0f blue:110/255.0f alpha:1.0f] forState:**UIControlStateHighlighted**];