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iWizard
iWizard

Reputation: 7144

How to change background image for navigation item(button)?

I want to set background image for every navigation item(button) (universal).

How should these images look?

Are there fixed dimensions or it is possible to create repeating background image?

How to programmatically change then this background image?

Thank's for help

UPDATE:

I found this code for changing background of this button but it's no working.

UIImage *barButton = [UIImage imageNamed:@"button_background.png"];
    [[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setBackgroundImage:barButton forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

And I don't know which dimensions should be.

P.S. I want to change background of button just like you can change background color (self.navigation.controller.nvigationBar.tintColor..)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2908

Answers (3)

Piyush Kashyap
Piyush Kashyap

Reputation: 1965

The code below might solve your problem

UIButton *backBtn     = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];  
UIImage *backBtnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"button_background.png"]  ;  
[backBtn setBackgroundImage:backBtnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];  
[backBtn addTarget:self action:@selector(goback) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];  
backBtn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 54, 30);  
UIBarButtonItem *cancelButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backBtn] ;  
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = cancelButton;

Upvotes: 2

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 31

what about categories? For example, you can do so:

@interface UIBarButtonItem(JFAdditions)

- (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage*)img;//add target and action if need

@end

 @implementation UIBarButtonItem(JFAdditions)

 - (id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title image:(UIImage*)img
 {
        UIButton * btn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
        //add background image and text on button, target and action if need, also
    self = [self initWithCustomView:btn];

    return self;
}

Upvotes: 0

WaaleedKhan
WaaleedKhan

Reputation: 685

u need to create Custom Back Button i m afraid

check this code out

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

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton;
[backButton release];

Let me know if it worked

Cheers

Upvotes: 0

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