UIBarButtonItem in navigation bar programmatically?
Custom button image without setting button frame:
You can use init(image: UIImage?, style: UIBarButtonItemStyle, target: Any?, action: Selector?)
to initializes a new item using the specified image and other properties.
let button1 = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "imagename"), style: .plain, target: self, action: Selector("action")) // action:#selector(Class.MethodName) for swift 3
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = button1
Check this Apple Doc. reference
UIBarButtonItem with custom button image using button frame
FOR Swift 3.0
let btn1 = UIButton(type: .custom)
btn1.setImage(UIImage(named: "imagename"), for: .normal)
btn1.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30)
btn1.addTarget(self, action: #selector(Class.Methodname), for: .touchUpInside)
let item1 = UIBarButtonItem(customView: btn1)
let btn2 = UIButton(type: .custom)
btn2.setImage(UIImage(named: "imagename"), for: .normal)
btn2.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30)
btn2.addTarget(self, action: #selector(Class.MethodName), for: .touchUpInside)
let item2 = UIBarButtonItem(customView: btn2)
self.navigationItem.setRightBarButtonItems([item1,item2], animated: true)
FOR Swift 2.0
and older
let btnName = UIButton()
btnName.setImage(UIImage(named: "imagename"), forState: .Normal)
btnName.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
btnName.addTarget(self, action: Selector("action"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
//.... Set Right/Left Bar Button item
let rightBarButton = UIBarButtonItem()
rightBarButton.customView = btnName
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightBarButton
Or simply use init(customView:) like
let rightBarButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: btnName) self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightBarButton
For System UIBarButtonItem
let camera = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .Camera, target: self, action: Selector("btnOpenCamera"))
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = camera
For set more then 1 items use rightBarButtonItems
or for left side leftBarButtonItems
let btn1 = UIButton()
btn1.setImage(UIImage(named: "img1"), forState: .Normal)
btn1.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
btn1.addTarget(self, action: Selector("action1:"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
let item1 = UIBarButtonItem()
item1.customView = btn1
let btn2 = UIButton()
btn2.setImage(UIImage(named: "img2"), forState: .Normal)
btn2.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
btn2.addTarget(self, action: Selector("action2:"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
let item2 = UIBarButtonItem()
item2.customView = btn2
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [item1,item2]
Using setLeftBarButtonItem
or setRightBarButtonItem
let btn1 = UIButton()
btn1.setImage(UIImage(named: "img1"), forState: .Normal)
btn1.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 30, 30)
btn1.addTarget(self, action: Selector("action1:"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
self.navigationItem.setLeftBarButtonItem(UIBarButtonItem(customView: btn1), animated: true);
For swift >= 2.2 action should be
#selector(Class.MethodName)
... for e.g.btnName.addTarget(self, action: #selector(Class.MethodName), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
It's much easier with Swift 4
or Swift 4.2
inside your ViewDidLoad
method, define your button and add it to the navigation bar.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let logoutBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Logout", style: .done, target: self, action: #selector(logoutUser))
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = logoutBarButtonItem
}
then you need to define the function that you mentioned inside action parameter as below
@objc func logoutUser(){
print("clicked")
}
You need to add the @objc
prefix as it's still making use of the legacy stuff (Objective C).