uibutton - UIBarButtonItem with custom view not properly aligned on iOS 7 when used as left or right navigation bar items

Question

The following code works up through iOS 6:

UIButton *myButton = nil;
myButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
myButton.bounds = CGRectMake(0,0,44,30);
// setup myButton's images, etc.

UIBarButtonItem *item = nil;
item = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:customButton];

This is how the button is supposed to be aligned:

However, on iOS 7, the button appears to be offset from the right or left by too many pixels:

How can I get my custom bar button items to be aligned properly?

Answer 1

Works until iOS11!

You can use negative flexible spaces and rightBarButtonItems property instead of rightBarButtonItem:

UIBarButtonItem *spacer = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:nil];
spacer.width = -10; // for example shift right bar button to the right

self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = @[spacer, yourBarButton];