ios-fontawesome on UIBarButtonItem

Question

I'm trying to use iOS FontAwesome to set an icon on a bar button, like this:

[self.barButton setTitle:[NSString fontAwesomeIconStringForEnum:FACamera]];

and also with this:

[self.barButton setTitle:[NSString fontAwesomeIconStringForIconIdentifier:@"fa-camera"]];

No matter what identifier I use the result is the same:

What could be wrong?

Answer 1

In case anyone else ever wonders:

[self.barButton setTitleTextAttributes:@{
                  NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:@"FontAwesome" size:24.0],
                  NSForegroundColorAttributeName: self.view.tintColor
                                         } forState:UIControlStateNormal]; 
[self.barButton setTitle:[NSString fontAwesomeIconStringForIconIdentifier:@"fa-camera"]];

Answer 2

Just in case you want to use easier solution without using attributed texts, look at my library. Cocoa pods are also supported. Font Awesome Swift

Answer 3

With the FontAwesomeKit 2.2 API, you can do it like this:

[self.barButton setTitleTextAttributes:@{
    NSFontAttributeName: [FAKFontAwesome iconFontWithSize:20]
} forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.barButton setTitle:[FAKFontAwesome cameraIconWithSize:20].attributedString.string];

Or convert to UIImage like suggested in the FontAwesomeKit documentation:

FAKFontAwesome *cameraIcon = [FAKFontAwesome cameraIconWithSize:20];
UIImage *cameraImage = [cogIcon imageWithSize:CGSizeMake(20, 20)];
[self.barButton setImage:camera];

Answer 4

In Swift:

    let filterButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: String.fontAwesomeIconWithName(FontAwesome.Filter), style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: Selector("filterClicked"))
    filterButton.setTitleTextAttributes(NSDictionary(dictionary: [NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.fontAwesomeOfSize(25), NSForegroundColorAttributeName : UIColor.COLOR_BLUE_DARK]), forState: UIControlState.Normal)

    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = filterButton