Putting 4 navigation bar buttons - ios

Question

i am new to iOS programming and i am wondering if it is possible to put 4 bar buttons into the UINavigationBar? I have tried a few methods that i have found on stack overflow but the buttons positions are not equal.
Here is a sample screenshot
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The method that i used to code my navigation bar is:
UIToolBar *tools = [[UIToolBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 50)];
UIImage *backImage = [UIImage imagedName:#"backIcon.png"];
UIImage *shareImage = [UIImage imagedName:#"shareIcon.png"];
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[backButton setImage:backImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
// create the button and assign the image to the leftsidebutton
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[backButton setImage:backImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
backButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, backImage.size.width, backImage.size.height);
[backButton addTarget:self.navigationController action:#selector(popViewControllerAnimated:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIButton *shareButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[shareButton setImage:shareImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
shareButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, shareImage.size.width, shareImage.size.height);
//create space between the buttons
UIBarButtonItem *bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:NULL];
UIBarButtonItem *customBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backButton];
UIBarButtonItem *shareBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:shareButton];
self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;
NSArray *leftActionButtonItems = #[customBarButton, bi, shareBarButton];
[tools setItems:leftActionButtonItems animated:NO];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:tools];
I did the same for rightBarButtonItem but it is not working so well.
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this one :
Edit :
it display Proper check it :
take .h file :
UIToolbar *toolBar_T;
UIBarButtonItem *item1,*item2,*item3,*item4;
take .m file :
toolBar_T=[[UIToolbar alloc] init];
toolBar_T.frame=CGRectMake(0,5,168, 44);
[self.view addSubview:toolBar_T];
UIButton *button0 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button0 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"1.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button0 addTarget:self action:#selector(button0:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button0.frame = CGRectMake(0, 7, 35,29);
item1 = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button0];
UIButton *button1 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button1 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"2.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button1 addTarget:self action:#selector(button1:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button1.frame = CGRectMake(0, 7, 35,29));
item2 = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button1];
UIButton *button2 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button2 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"3.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button2 addTarget:self action:#selector(button2:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button2.frame = CGRectMake(0, 7, 35,29);
item3 = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button2];
UIButton *button3 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button3 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"4.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button3 addTarget:self action:#selector(button3:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button3.frame = CGRectMake(0, 7, 35,29);
item4 = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:butto3];
NSArray *buttons = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: item1, item2,item3, nil];
[toolBar_T setItems: buttons animated:NO];
toolBar_T.barStyle=-1;// For Clear backgroud
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:toolBar_T];
Hope it will help.
Happy coding...

Answer 2

You can try smth like this...
-(void)setupToolbarButtons:(UIViewController *)navC
{
//create a toolbar in the right
UIToolbar *tools = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 135, 44.01)];
tools.delegate = self;
tools.barTintColor = [UIColor clearColor];
//create the array to hold the buttons, which then gets added to the toolbar
NSMutableArray *buttons = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:4];
//create a standart 'play' button
UIBarButtonItem *bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemPlay target:self action:nil];
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
//create a standart 'stop' button
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemStop target:self action:nil];
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
//create a standart 'fast forward' button
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFastForward target:self action:nil];
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
//create a standart 'pause' button
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemPause target:self action:nil];
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
//stick the buttons in the toolbar
[tools setItems:buttons animated:NO];
[buttons release];
//and put the toolbar in the nav bar
navC.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:tools];
[tools release];
}
...also you can add a spacer if it's needed
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:nil];
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
and if something is wrong in vertical spacing, then add this
- (UIBarPosition)positionForBar:(id <UIBarPositioning>)bar
{
return UIBarPositionTopAttached;
}

Answer 3

UINavigationBar is Inherits from UIView, so you can simply add any object in.

Answer 4

Try the following code
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:customBarButton, bi, shareBarButton, nil];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:BUTTON OBJECTS, nil];