Question

I want to create a UIBarButtonItem which has an icon on the left and text on the right. Any hints how to do this?

thanks.

Answer 1

Aligning text and image on UIButton to configure this with contentEdgeInset, imageEdgeInsets and titleEdgeInsets have a look at this Aligning text and image on UIButton with imageEdgeInsets and titleEdgeInsets

    UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed:@"08-chat.png"];

    UIButton *customBarBtn = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    [customBarBtn setBackgroundImage:chatImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [customBarBtn setTitle:@"Chat" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    customBarBtn.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, spacing);
    customBarBtn.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, spacing, 0, 0);
    customBarBtn.frame = (CGRect) {
        .size.width = 100,
        .size.height = 30,
    };

    UIBarButtonItem *barButton= [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:customBarBtn] autorelease];