Assign IBAction to custom navigationBarItem

Question

I'm using custom UIViews to as navigationBarItem (like Facebook does it in their iOS app).

UIImageView *linkesMenu = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"187menu.png"]];
UIBarButtonItem *barItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:linkesMenu];

barItem.action = @selector(MenuSlider:);
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = barItem;

I tried this and a couple other things but nothing works really.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 26 '13 at 19:45

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Try putting the image into a button first:

UIImage *theImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"];
UIButton *theButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
theButton.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, theImage.size.width, theImage.size.height);
[theButton setImage:theImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *theBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:theButton];


[theButton addTarget:self action:@selector(MenuSlider:) forControlEvent:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = barItem;

edited Jun 26 '13 at 19:45

Constantin Jacob

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answered Jun 26 '13 at 19:07

woz

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and then I just add the action like I did above? – Constantin Jacob Jun 26 '13 at 19:10
Yes, that should work. – woz Jun 26 '13 at 19:11
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Okay so it does work fine apart from it doesn't do shit :/ I can select the button but it wont perform my IBAction.... – Constantin Jacob Jun 26 '13 at 19:23
Thanks for updating the answer. Glad to see you got it working! – woz Jun 26 '13 at 19:47

Assign IBAction to custom navigationBarItem

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