Put self.editbuttonitem into segmentedcontrol as barbuttonitem? - iphone

Question

I want to make a NavBar similar to the one in sample 3 of the NavBar sample code, except I want to use the self.editbuttonItem as one of the two buttons in the SegmentedControl. (The other will be a custom add button.) Basically - the end result will be a leftBarButtonItem that's just one button, bringing up a modal view, and a rightBarButtonItem that's a segmented control with both edit and add buttons.
Thing is, it looks like setting up the SegmentedControl needs an array of Strings or Images, but not BarButtonItems. Is there a workaround?
This is the relevant bit from Apple's sample:
// "Segmented" control to the right
UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:
[NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[UIImage imageNamed:#"up.png"],
[UIImage imageNamed:#"down.png"],
nil]];
[segmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(segmentAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
segmentedControl.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 90, kCustomButtonHeight);
segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
segmentedControl.momentary = YES;
defaultTintColor = [segmentedControl.tintColor retain]; // keep track of this for later
UIBarButtonItem *segmentBarItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:segmentedControl];
[segmentedControl release];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = segmentBarItem;
[segmentBarItem release];
Instead of the images, I want to put BarButtonItems...

Answer 1

If self.editbuttonitem is a UIBarButtonItem with title "Edit", I think you can do with the following code
UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:
[NSArray arrayWithObjects:
#"Edit", #"AnotherButtonName"
nil]];
edit based on Charles Bandes's comment
Add an action to the segmentedControl, like the Apple's sample:
[segmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(segmentAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
//...
then in segmentAction:, do
- (void)segmentAction:(UISegmentedControl*)sender
{
//if the "edit" item in segmentedControl is selected
if (sender.selectedSegmentIndex == 0)
{
//I assume self is a UITableView instance
//start editing
[self setEditing:YES animated:YES];
}
}
I wrote those code on my PC. However it should work.
You may take a look at [UITableView setEditing:animated:]