如果这需要在UIBarButtonItem中完成，则应该使用额外的视图包装 这是可行的

let view = UIView()
let button = UIButton()
button.setTitle("Skip", for: .normal)
button.setImage(#imageLiteral(resourceName:"forward_button"), for: .normal)
button.semanticContentAttribute = .forceRightToLeft
button.sizeToFit()
view.addSubview(button)
view.frame = button.bounds
navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: view)

这行不通

let button = UIButton()
button.setTitle("Skip", for: .normal)
button.setImage(#imageLiteral(resourceName:"forward_button"), for: .normal)
button.semanticContentAttribute = .forceRightToLeft
button.sizeToFit()
navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)

我最终创建了一个自定义按钮，允许从检查器设置图像。下面是我的代码:

import UIKit

@IBDesignable
class CustomButton: UIButton {

    @IBInspectable var leftImage: UIImage? = nil
    @IBInspectable var gapPadding: CGFloat = 0

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        setup()
    }
    required public init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        setup()
    }

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()
        setup()
    }

    func setup() {

        if(leftImage != nil) {
            let imageView = UIImageView(image: leftImage)
            imageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false

            addSubview(imageView)

            let length = CGFloat(16)
            titleEdgeInsets.left += length

            NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
                imageView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.leadingAnchor, constant: gapPadding),
                imageView.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.titleLabel!.centerYAnchor, constant: 0),
                imageView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: length),
                imageView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: length)
            ])
        }
    }
}

你可以从检查器中调整空白填充的值来调整文本和图像之间的间距。

PS:使用了一些来自@Mark Hennings答案的代码部分

当标题发生变化时，只需更新插图即可。你需要在另一侧用等量的、相反的插页来补偿插页。

[thebutton setTitle:title forState:UIControlStateNormal];
thebutton.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, -thebutton.imageView.frame.size.width, 0, thebutton.imageView.frame.size.width);
thebutton.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, thebutton.titleLabel.frame.size.width, 0, -thebutton.titleLabel.frame.size.width);

尽管一些建议的答案非常有创意和聪明，但最简单的解决方案如下:

button.semanticContentAttribute = UIApplication.shared
    .userInterfaceLayoutDirection == .rightToLeft ? .forceLeftToRight : .forceRightToLeft

就这么简单。作为奖励，在从右到左的区域中，图像将位于左侧。

编辑:这个问题已经被问过几次了，这是iOS 9 +。

子类化UIButton是完全没有必要的。相反，你可以简单地为图像设置一个高的左插入值，为标题设置一个小的右插入值。就像这样:

button.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0., button.frame.size.width - (image.size.width + 15.), 0., 0.);
button.titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0., 0., 0., image.size.width);

要在UIButton内右对齐图像，请尝试下面的代码

btn.contentHorizontalAlignment = .right