How can I show a custom image in navigation bar back button instead of default buttons which are shown by nav bar itself

Question

On navigating to any view in an app which has navigation controller implemented, it shows a back button to go to the previous view. Is there a way I can use custom image instead of the default one?

Answer 1

Yes you can. Just create your own UIBarButtonItem and set it as the leftButtonItem on the navigation bar

UIBarButtonItem *btn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:yourImage style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:@selector(yourMethod:)];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = btn;
[btn release];