iOS 7 - Change bar button size

Question

Is there any legitimate way to change the size of a bar button in iOS 7 (i.e. the font size of the text)? I find the default bar button size a bit too big comparing to the navigation bar title.

Answer 1

Use the setTitleTextAttributes:forState: method on the UIBarButtonItem.

NSDictionary *attrs = @{ NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont systemFontOfSize:10] };
[barButtonItem setTitleTextAttributes:attrs forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Obviously you can choose whatever font you want.