How to add Badges on UIBarbutton item?

I know this post is pretty old but with iOS7, MKNumberBadgeView's appearance does not really match the tab bar item badge design.I have found this other component which herits UIBarButtonItem and do the job very well :

https://github.com/TanguyAladenise/BBBadgeBarButtonItem

Hope this may help other iOS7 developers like me

Finally i found the way to add badges on UIBarbutton item. I searched lot but not found the correct answer. So i created UIButton and add it as a Custom view on rightbarbutton item. Add add the MKNumberBadgeView for display the badge number. Below i have add my code for you.

// Initialize NKNumberBadgeView...MKNumberBadgeView *number = [[MKNumberBadgeView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(60, 00, 30,20)];number.value = 10;// Allocate UIButtonUIButton *btn = [UIButton  buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];    btn.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 70, 30);    btn.layer.cornerRadius = 8;    [btn setTitle:@"Button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];    [btn addTarget:self action:nil forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];    //[btn setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor]];    [btn setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:0.1 alpha:0.2]];    btn.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:13];    //[btn setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:13]];    [btn addSubview:number]; //Add NKNumberBadgeView as a subview on UIButton// Initialize UIBarbuttonitem...UIBarButtonItem *proe = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:btn];self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = proe;

Thanks.

phyzalis has a good answer, there's a categorized version of his solution here:

UIBarButtonItem+Badge

Here's how you can use it:

// Build your regular UIBarButtonItem with Custom ViewUIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"someImage"];UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];button.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,image.size.width, image.size.height);[button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonPress:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];[button setBackgroundImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];// Make BarButton ItemUIBarButtonItem *navLeftButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = navLeftButton;// this is the key entry to change the badgeValueself.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.badgeValue = @"1";