How to make custom UIBarButtonItem with image and label?

I would like to make a custom UIBarButtonItem that contains both image and text, something like this:

I tried subclassing UIBarButtonItem and overriding this method:

- (UIView *)customView
{
    if (!self.storedView) {

        UIView *temp = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 120, 44)];
        UIImageView *tempImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:self.image];
        tempImageView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.image.size.width, self.image.size.height);
        UILabel *tempLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(44, 0, 100, 44)];
        tempLabel.text = @"text";
        [temp addSubview:tempImageView];
        [temp addSubview:tempLabel];
        self.storedView = temp;
    }
    return self.storedView;
}

And I use it like this:

UIBarButtonItem *left = [[LeftItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Settings" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(settingsPressed)];
left.title = @"Settings";
left.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"settings.png"];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = left;

But using this I only get the image, but not label. What am I doing wrong?

Solution 1:

UIButton *button =  [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:target action:@selector(buttonAction:)forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 53, 31)];
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(3, 5, 50, 20)];
[label setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Arial-BoldMT" size:13]];
[label setText:title];
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
[label setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[label setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[button addSubview:label];
UIBarButtonItem *barButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = barButton;

Solution 2:

You can add a custom view to the UIBarButtonItem.

In iOS 7, there is a new buttonType called UIButtonTypeSystem for UIButton which serve your purpose. Try this,

UIView* leftButtonView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 110, 50)];

UIButton* leftButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
leftButton.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
leftButton.frame = leftButtonView.frame;
[leftButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:<YourImageName>] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[leftButton setTitle:@"YourTitle" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
leftButton.tintColor = [UIColor redColor]; //Your desired color.
leftButton.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
leftButton.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin;
[leftButton addTarget:self action:@selector(<YourTargetMethod>) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[leftButtonView addSubview:leftButton];

UIBarButtonItem* leftBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:leftButtonView];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButton;

Updated Swift code,

let leftButtonView = UIView.init(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 110, height: 50))

let leftButton = UIButton.init(type: .system)
leftButton.backgroundColor = .clear
leftButton.frame = leftButtonView.frame
leftButton.setImage(UIImage.init(imageLiteralResourceName: <YourImageName>), for: .normal)
leftButton.setTitle("YourTitle", for: .normal)
leftButton.tintColor = .red //Your desired color.
leftButton.autoresizesSubviews = true
leftButton.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth , .flexibleHeight]
leftButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(<YourTargetMethod>), for: .touchUpInside)
leftButtonView.addSubview(leftButton)

let leftBarButton = UIBarButtonItem.init(customView: leftButtonView)
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButton

Solution 3:

If your BarButtonItem is in Storyboard, you can drag another Button into BarButtonItem, so there will be a Button inside the BarButtonItem, you can add both image and label to the button.

Solution 4:

a SWIFT version

    let button =  UIButton(type: .Custom)
    button.setImage(UIImage(named: "icon_right"), forState: .Normal)
        button.addTarget(self, action: "buttonAction", forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
    button.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 53, 31)
    button.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-1, 32, 1, -32)//move image to the right
    let label = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(3, 5, 50, 20))
    label.font = UIFont(name: "Arial-BoldMT", size: 16)
    label.text = "title"
    label.textAlignment = .Center
    label.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
    label.backgroundColor =   UIColor.clearColor()
    button.addSubview(label)
    let barButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)
    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = barButton

Solution 5:

Using UIButton as custom view inside your UIBarButtonItem. You can create UIButton however you want, including with an image and text, using -setImage:forState: and -setTitle:forState:

UIButton* button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"settings.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button setTitle:@"Settings" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonAction:)forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button sizeToFit];
UIBarButtonItem* barButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = barButtonItem;

this can be done using interface builder just by dragging a UIButton to the left bar button slot on a navigation bar.