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Asked: 2026-06-11T06:22:56+00:00

I want a UIBarButtonItem with a custom image and blue text. I have made

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I want a UIBarButtonItem with a custom image and blue text. I have made this by creating a UIButton with the text, font colour and image first, and then setting a custom view for the UIBarButtonItem.

The problem is that when I disable the UIBarButtonItem the text goes back to white. I have no idea why.

UIButton *customButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[customButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"images/ButtonHeader"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[customButton setTitle:myDynamicText forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[customButton setFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 70.0f, 44.0f)];
[customButton addTarget:myTarget action:myAction forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[customButton.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:12.0f]];
[customButton.titleLabel setTextColor:[UIColor blueColor]];

UIBarButtonItem *customBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:customButton];

self.navigationBar.rightBarButtonItem = customBarButtonItem;
self.navigationBar.rightBarButtonItem.enabled = NO;

What I really want to do is have different text colour for enabled and disabled state, but I can figure that part out myself if someone can tell me why the text turns white when enabled=NO, and how to stop that.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You shouldn’t be setting the font colour by getting the label like that. You need to configure it on the button

    [button setTitleColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

    UIControlStateNormal will act to set the default values, but then you can change the color for all the different states. A list of these states is available at the bottom of UIControl Class Reference under Control State

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