Having trouble changing a UIBarButtonItem's image - iphone

Question

I'm trying various ways of changing a UIBarButtonItem's image once it has been pressed, without any luck.
// bookmarkButton is a property linked up in IB
-(IBAction)bookmarkButtonTapped:(id)sender
{
NSLog(#"this action triggers");
// attempt 1
UIBarButtonItem* aBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"bookmarkdelete.png"] style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:#selector(bookmarkButtonTapped:)];
bookmarkButton = aBarButtonItem;
[aBarButtonItem release];
// attempt 2
bookmarkButton.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"bookmarkdelete.png"];
}
Is there another way to do this?

Answer 1

The toolbar contains an array - items - as a property. So after setting up the toolbar as an IBOutlet property, I had to insert a new button into that array.. like this:
NSMutableArray *items = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:self.toolBar.items];
UIBarButtonItem *newButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"newButton.png"] style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:#selector(buttonTapped:)];
[items replaceObjectAtIndex:0 withObject:newButton];
self.toolBar.items = items;
[newButton release];
[items release];

Answer 2

Is bookmarkButton a UIButton? Should it be referenced via (UIButton *)aBarButtonItem.customView instead of directly?
If it is a UIButton then you'll want to set the image based on state: - (void)setImage:(UIImage *)image forState:(UIControlState)state
Note that there is also a setBackgroundImage with the same API if you want that instead.

Answer 3

This should work
UIImage *normalButtonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"TableViewIcon"];
UIImage *selectedButtonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"CollectionViewIcon"];
CGRect rightButtonFrame = CGRectMake(0, 0, normalButtonImage.size.width,
normalButtonImage.size.height);
UIButton *rightButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:rightButtonFrame];
[rightButton setBackgroundImage:normalButtonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[rightButton setBackgroundImage:selectedButtonImage forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[rightButton addTarget:self action:#selector(toggleTableView:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
self.toggleMediaView = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:rightButton];
[self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:self.toggleMediaView];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.enabled = NO;

Answer 4

try [bookmarkButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"bookmarkdelete.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];