Position UIBarButtonItem on edge of UINavigationBar

Question

Is it possible to position a custom image UIBarButton item on the left or right edge of a UINavigationBar? The way I've created my buttons it looks best if the edge of the button is touching the edge of the UINavigationBar.

Answer 1

Your best bet here is subclassing UINavigation bar and overriding layout subviews.

In my example I move my button to the far left edge if it has a tag of 900.

- (void) layoutSubviews {
    [super layoutSubviews];
    //override the navigation bar to move classes with 900 to the ledge
    for (UIView *view in self.subviews) {  
        if ([view isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {  
            if (view.tag == 900)
                view.frame = CGRectMake(0,0, 88, 44);
        }

    }
}