How to make leftBarButtonItem looking like backBarButtonItem?

Question

The default solvings are not appropriate:

1. to change the previous ViewController title - I need to make my own function controlling the button touches up
2. to make a leftBarButtonItem and hide backBarButtonItem - leftBarButtonItem doesn't look like a default backBarButtonItem.

Answer 1

Here's an example to create a custom leftBarButtonItem:

UIImage *buttonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"backbutton.png"];
UIButton *aButton = [UIbutton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[aButton setImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
aButton.frame = CGRectMake(0.0,0.0,buttonImage.size.width,buttonImage.size.height);
[aButton addTarget:self action:@selector(aSelector) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:aButton];
self.navigationItem.leftButtonItem = backButton;

Hope it helps...

Edit:

Try this...

UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourimage.jpg"] style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:@selector(aSelector)];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton;

I don't remember what type of button is the backbutton, try to change the default style to other. Good luck!