Center elements vertically inside UINavigationBar with custom height
I'm developing an iOS 6 and 7 app that requires the navigation bar to be taller than the usual 44/64 pts I've searched high and low and so far it seems the cleanest solution is to use a category (or subclass) and implement the - (CGSize)sizeThatFits:(CGSize)size method to return a different size. This works fine in just making , however doing this causes all the items inside to rest at the bottom of the navigation bar, while I'd like to have them centered. I have tried using the Appearance Proxy protocol to define vertical offsets for the buttons, specifically this code [[UIBarButtonItem