Three20库有一个方法可以做到这一点:

  UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle: @"Title" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain 
                                                                target:self action:@selector(foo)];

  UIColor* darkBlue = RGBCOLOR(109, 132, 162);

  TTShapeStyle* style = [TTShapeStyle styleWithShape:[TTRoundedLeftArrowShape shapeWithRadius:4.5] next:
    [TTShadowStyle styleWithColor:RGBCOLOR(255,255,255) blur:1 offset:CGSizeMake(0, 1) next:
    [TTReflectiveFillStyle styleWithColor:darkBlue next:
    [TTBevelBorderStyle styleWithHighlight:[darkBlue shadow]
                                     shadow:[darkBlue multiplyHue:1 saturation:0.5 value:0.5]
                                      width:1 lightSource:270 next:
    [TTInsetStyle styleWithInset:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, -1, 0, -1) next:
    [TTBevelBorderStyle styleWithHighlight:nil shadow:RGBACOLOR(0,0,0,0.15)
                                        width:1 lightSource:270 next:nil]]]]]];

  TTView* view = [[[TTView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 80, 35)] autorelease];
  view.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
  view.style = style;
  backButton.customView = view;


  self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton;

如果你不想麻烦图像文件，箭头形状可以用下面的代码在UIView子类中绘制:

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    float width = rect.size.width;
    float height = rect.size.height;
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    CGContextBeginPath(context);
    CGContextMoveToPoint(context, width * 5.0/6.0, height * 0.0/10.0);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, width * 0.0/6.0, height * 5.0/10.0);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, width * 5.0/6.0, height * 10.0/10.0);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, width * 6.0/6.0, height * 9.0/10.0);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, width * 2.0/6.0, height * 5.0/10.0);
    CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, width * 6.0/6.0, height * 1.0/10.0);
    CGContextClosePath(context);

    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [UIColor blackColor].CGColor);
    CGContextFillPath(context);
}

其中箭头视图是正比于宽度6.0和高度10.0

解决方案不使用png。基于这个SO答案:在iPhone TableView单元格中添加小箭头到单元格的右侧

只是水平翻转UITableViewCell !

UIButton *btnBack = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 5, 70, 20)];

// Add the disclosure
CGRect frm;
UITableViewCell *disclosure = [[UITableViewCell alloc] init];
disclosure.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, -1, 1);
frm = self.btnBack.bounds;
disclosure.frame = CGRectMake(frm.origin.x, frm.origin.y, frm.size.width-25, frm.size.height);
disclosure.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
disclosure.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
[self.btnBack addSubview:disclosure];

// Add the label
UILabel *lbl = [[UILabel alloc] init];
frm = CGRectOffset(self.btnBack.bounds, 15, 0);
lbl.frame = frm;
lbl.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
lbl.text = @"BACK";
[self addSubview:lbl];

警告:有报道称这将无法在iOS 6上运行。这可能只适用于较旧版本的操作系统。显然，至少有一名开发者的应用因为使用这种技巧而被拒绝。使用风险自负。使用图像(见上面的答案)可能是一个更安全的解决方案。

这可以在不添加您自己的图像文件使用sekr1t按钮类型101来获得正确的形状。对我来说，窍门是找出我可以使用initWithCustomView来创建BarButtonItem。我个人需要这个动态导航栏而不是工具栏，但我用工具栏测试了它，代码几乎是一样的:

// create button
UIButton* backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:101]; // left-pointing shape!
[backButton addTarget:self action:@selector(backAction) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[backButton setTitle:@"Back" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

// create button item -- possible because UIButton subclasses UIView!
UIBarButtonItem* backItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backButton];

// add to toolbar, or to a navbar (you should only have one of these!)
[toolbar setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:backItem]];
navItem.leftBarButtonItem = backItem;

如果您在工具栏上执行此操作，则必须调整设置项的方式，但这取决于您的其余代码，我将其作为读者的练习。这个样例为我工作(编译和运行)。

等等，阅读HIG，不要使用未记录的特性，等等。只有六种支持的按钮类型，这不是其中之一。

如果你想避免自己绘制它，你可以使用没有文档的类:风格1的UINavigationButton。当然，这可能会阻止你的申请被批准。 /约翰

以下是我在搜索了所有这些解决方案和其他解决方案后最终所做的事情。它使用了一个可拉伸的png的提取UIKit库存图像。通过这种方式，您可以将文本设置为您喜欢的任何内容

// Generate the background images
UIImage *stretchableBackButton = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"UINavigationBarDefaultBack.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:14 topCapHeight:0];
UIImage *stretchableBackButtonPressed = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"UINavigationBarDefaultBackPressed.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:13 topCapHeight:0];
// Setup the UIButton
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[backButton setBackgroundImage:stretchableBackButton forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[backButton setBackgroundImage:stretchableBackButtonPressed forState:UIControlStateSelected];
NSString *buttonTitle = NSLocalizedString(@"Back", @"Back");
[backButton setTitle:buttonTitle forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[backButton setTitle:buttonTitle forState:UIControlStateSelected];
backButton.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 5, 2, 1); // Tweak the text position
NSInteger width = ([backButton.titleLabel.text sizeWithFont:backButton.titleLabel.font].width + backButton.titleEdgeInsets.right +backButton.titleEdgeInsets.left);
[backButton setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, width, 29)];
backButton.titleLabel.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:13.0f];
[backButton addTarget:self action:@selector(yourSelector:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
// Now add the button as a custom UIBarButtonItem
UIBarButtonItem *backButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backButton] autorelease];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButtonItem;