Question

Following is a code to display a button to the toolbar.

UIButton myButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
UIImage *myImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"img1.png"];

[myButton setBackgroundImage:myImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *myToolbarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:myButton];

Nothing gets displayed on the toolbar. Please tell me what is wrong.

Answer 1

[myToolbar setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:myToolbarButton]]; // might help

OR if it’s a navigation bar

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = myToolbarButton;

Also you should set the frame for the custom button, something like this:

UIButton *mybutton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake:0,0,200,50];

Then if you want to add a selector/callback:

[myButton addTarget:self action:@selector(someMethod) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];