iOS custom right navigation bar - ios

Question

I'm trying to set an image for a right bar item in my navigation controller but iOS 6 keeps showing a black glow. I have tried a number of solutions from stack overflow but can't get it to work. The current code I have is this:
UIBarButtonItem *rightItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"gear"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self
action:#selector(someMethod)];
[rightItem setImageInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(5, 5, 5, 5)];
[[self navigationItem] setRightBarButtonItem:rightItem];
In iOS7 is looks like this which is what I want:
This is how it looks in iOS6

Answer 1

try this one :
UIImage *faceImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"gear.png"];
UIButton *face = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
face.bounds = CGRectMake( 10, 0, faceImage.size.width, faceImage.size.height );//set bound as per you want
[face addTarget:self action:#selector(someMethod) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[face setImage:faceImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:face];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = backButton;
may it will help you.

Answer 2

Create a UIButton first with the image, then do:
[[UIBarbuttonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];

Answer 3

Use custom view:
UIButton *rightButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeInfoLight]; // change this to use your image
[rightButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(yourAction:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIBarButtonItem *rightButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:rightButton];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightButtonItem;

Answer 4

Try this:
UIImage* image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"sample_Image.png"];
CGRect frameimg = CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height);
UIButton *someButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frameimg];
[someButton setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[someButton addTarget:self action:#selector(MethodName:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIBarButtonItem *barBtn =[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:someButton];
[self.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItem:barBtn];