iOS custom right navigation bar

Question

I'm trying to set an image for a right bar item in my navigation controller but iOS 6 keeps showing a black glow. I have tried a number of solutions from stack overflow but can't get it to work. The current code I have is this:

UIBarButtonItem *rightItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"gear"]
                                                              style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
                                                             target:self
                                                             action:@selector(someMethod)];
[rightItem setImageInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(5, 5, 5, 5)];

[[self navigationItem] setRightBarButtonItem:rightItem];

In iOS7 is looks like this which is what I want: This is how it looks in iOS6

Answer 1

try this one :

UIImage *faceImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"gear.png"];
UIButton *face = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
face.bounds = CGRectMake( 10, 0, faceImage.size.width, faceImage.size.height );//set bound as per you want
[face addTarget:self action:@selector(someMethod) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[face setImage:faceImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:face];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = backButton;

may it will help you.