[ios] How to set image for bar button with swift?

I am trying to set an Image for bar button Item for that I have an image like:

with resolution 30 * 30 but while I assign this Image to Bar button Its looks like:

I have assigned image this way :

and If I try this way like making an IBOutlet for the button and set Image programatically form this question and code for that is:

 // Outlet for bar button
 @IBOutlet weak var fbButton: UIBarButtonItem!

// Set Image for bar button
var backImg: UIImage = UIImage(named: "fb.png")!
fbButton.setBackgroundImage(backImg, forState: .Normal, barMetrics: .Default)

but nothing happend with this,

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?

or which is the batter way to do this?

An easy solution may be the following

barButtonItem.image = UIImage(named: "image")

then go to your Assets.xcassets select the image and go to the Attribute Inspector and select "Original Image" in Reder as option.

Just choose Original image option when adding an image to assets in Xcode

Swift 4.

@IBOutlet weak var settingBarBtn: UIBarButtonItem! {
    didSet {
        let imageSetting = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "settings"))
        imageSetting.image = imageSetting.image!.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)
        imageSetting.tintColor = UIColor.clear
        settingBarBtn.image = imageSetting.image
    }
}

If you have set up your UIBarButtonItem with an image in the storyboard, one small hack to change the renderingMode is to add the following code to your viewDidLoad(). This way you don't have to resort to adding the entire button and image in code.

if let navButton = self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem, let buttonImage = navButton.image {
    navButton.image = buttonImage.withRenderingMode(.alwaysOriginal)
}

If your UIBarButtonItem is already allocated like in a storyboard. (printBtn)

    let btn = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 30, height: 30))
    btn.setImage(UIImage(named: Constants.ImageName.print)?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate), for: .normal)
    btn.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handlePrintPress(tapGesture:))))
    printBtn.customView = btn

Similar to the accepted solution, but you can replace the

let button: UIButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as! UIButton

with

let button = UIButton()

Here is the full solution, enjoy: (it's just a bit cleaner than the accepted solution)

let button = UIButton()
button.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 51, 31) //won't work if you don't set frame
button.setImage(UIImage(named: "fb"), forState: .Normal)
button.addTarget(self, action: Selector("fbButtonPressed"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)

let barButton = UIBarButtonItem()
barButton.customView = button
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = barButton

Initialize barbuttonItem like following:

let pauseButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "big"),
                                  style: .plain,
                                  target: self,
                                  action: #selector(PlaybackViewController.pause))

You can use this code for multiple bar button with custom image:

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil

let button = UIButton(type: .custom)
button.setImage(UIImage (named: "ChatTab"), for: .normal)
button.frame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: 35.0, height: 35.0)
//button.addTarget(target, action: nil, for: .touchUpInside)
let barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)

let button2 = UIButton(type: .custom)
button2.setImage(UIImage (named: "ActivityTab"), for: .normal)
button2.frame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: 35.0, height: 35.0)
//button.addTarget(target, action: nil, for: .touchUpInside)

let barButtonItem2 = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button2)
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [barButtonItem, barButtonItem2]

Result will be this:

Only two Lines of code required for this

Swift 3.0

let closeButtonImage = UIImage(named: "ic_close_white")
        navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(image: closeButtonImage, style: .plain, target: self, action:  #selector(ResetPasswordViewController.barButtonDidTap(_:)))

func barButtonDidTap(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) 
{

}

SwiftUI

.navigationBarItems modifier takes any view you want:

struct ContentView: View {
     var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            Text("SwiftUI")
            .navigationBarItems(leading:
                HStack {
                    Image(systemName: "trash")
                    Text("Trash")
                }
            )
        }
    }
}

.navigationBarItems(trailing: Image(systemName: "trash") )

.navigationBarItems(leading: Image(systemName: "trash.fill"),
                    trailing: Image(systemName: "trash")
)

You can use a button for each if you need an action for each of them.

Your problem is because of the way the icon has been made - it doesn't conform to Apple's custom tab bar icon specs:

To design a custom bar icon, follow these guidelines:

• Use pure white with appropriate alpha transparency.
• Don’t include a drop shadow.
• Use antialiasing.

(From the guidelines.)

Something that would be possible looks like this. You can find such icons on most free tab bar icon sites.

I am using latest swift (2.1) and the answer (Dharmesh Kheni and jungledev) does not work for me. The image color was off (when setting in IB, it was blue and when setting directly in UIButton, it was black). It turns out I could create the same bar item with the following code:

let barButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "menu"), landscapeImagePhone: nil, style: .Done, target: self, action: #selector(revealBackClicked))
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = barButton

Here's a simple extension on UIBarButtonItem:

extension UIBarButtonItem {
    class func itemWith(colorfulImage: UIImage?, target: AnyObject, action: Selector) -> UIBarButtonItem {
        let button = UIButton(type: .custom)
        button.setImage(colorfulImage, for: .normal)
        button.frame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: 44.0, height: 44.0)
        button.addTarget(target, action: action, for: .touchUpInside)

        let barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)
        return barButtonItem
    }
}