Change image of UIBarButton

Question

My goal is to programmatically modify the UIBarButton image (which I use as an IBOutlet).

I found this solution in stackoverflow change-image-of-uibutton-with-other-image . but this does not work on iOS 4.2.

Can anyone help me on this. Simon

I tried:

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: 
                 [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"play" ofType:@"png"]];
playButton.image = image;

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UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:
                 [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"play" ofType:@"png"]];UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"play" ofType:@"png"]];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height);
UIButton* someButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
[someButton setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[someButton setShowsTouchWhenHighlighted:YES];
playButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:someButton];

[someButton release];

Answer 1

If you want to put an image on a button, use the following code.

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile: [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"play" ofType:@"png"]];

CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height);

UIButton* someButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[someButton setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[someButton setShowsTouchWhenHighlighted:YES];
playButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:someButton];