You can do this by adding a UIView, then add your button inside it with x = spaceWidth y = 0.
see below the code for the correct item (this is inside the UINavigationItem category)
1 -
UIView *_rightView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 44, 44)];
[_rightView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor purpleColor]];//debug color
2-
UIButton *aLeftButton = [[UIButton alloc] init];
aLeftButton.frame = CGRectMake(-15, 0, 44, 44);
[aLeftButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:buttonName] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[aLeftButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[buttonName stringByAppendingString:@"Selected"]] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
[aLeftButton setAdjustsImageWhenDisabled:NO];
[aLeftButton setAdjustsImageWhenHighlighted:NO];
[aLeftButton addTarget:theSender action:aSelector forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[_rightView addSubview:aLeftButton];
UIBarButtonItem *aBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:_rightView];
[leftBarButtonsItem addObject:aBarButton];`
3
self.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButtonsItem;
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