add image to UIBarButtonItem using initWithImage:(UIImage *)image

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Shumais Ul Haq picture Shumais Ul Haq · Jul 21, 2010 · Viewed 79.2k times · Source

I would like to know how to set an image to a UIBarButtonItem which will then be added to a UIToolbar, by using InitWithImage when creating a UIBarButtonItem.

I am doing the following, but it creates a blank whitespace where the image should be on the UIToolbar

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"6.png"];

UIBarButtonItem *systemItem1 = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:image style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(pp:)];

Thank You!

Answer

Kwexi picture Kwexi · Feb 8, 2011

Here's an example that creates a toolbar button from the Facebook logo. Create a pointer to an image (file already added to xCode), create a custom button, change the size of the button to match the image, set image of button, create toolbar button from button view.

UIImage *faceImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"facebook.png"];
UIButton *face = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
face.bounds = CGRectMake( 0, 0, faceImage.size.width, faceImage.size.height );
[face setImage:faceImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *faceBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:face];

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