Custom leftBarButtonItem not showing in swift 4

Question

i'm trying to add custom lefBarButton in navigation item but it not showing anything i tried these answers

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48564480/custom-leftbarbuttonitem-not-showed-in-ios-11

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here is my code

    let leftButton = UIButton(type: .roundedRect)
    leftButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(backClick), for: .touchUpInside)
    leftButton.setTitle("", for: .normal)
    leftButton.tintColor = UIColor.red
    leftButton.imageView?.image = UIImage(named: "back-icon")
    leftButton.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 22, height: 15)
    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem.init(customView: leftButton)

i spend hours to fix it. does anyone have have any idea.

here is the back button

Ummm... what does this line do `leftButton.imageView?.image = UIImage(named: "back-icon")`? :x — Rakesha Shastri, Aug 22 '18 at 06:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '18 at 06:41

The problem is in this line.

leftButton.imageView?.image = UIImage(named: "back-icon")

imageView is a read-only property.

If you want to set an image, you should set it like this.

leftButton.setImage(UIImage("back-icon"), for: .normal) // Make sure your image is actually named "back-icon"

Custom leftBarButtonItem not showing in swift 4

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