I have a very simple setup. A UINavigationController with a root UIViewController that modifies its navigation item with a custom back button item on viewDidLoad.
let backButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: backArrowImage,
style: .plain,
target: nil,
action: nil)
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton
I'm expecting this to completely replace the system back button with title and the default back arrow icon.
However when I push a new view controller on the stack, the navigation bar draws both the new custom back icon and the system back icon.
This is what I'm seeing:
This is what I would expect it to look like:
You can hide the back button
navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
and use leftBarButtonItem for custom UIBarButtonItem
UPD
import UIKit
final class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
let backItem = UIBarButtonItem(image: backArrowImage, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(backButtonPressed))
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backItem
}
#objc func backButtonPressed() {
navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
}
}
let backBarButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem = .init(
image: UIImage(systemName: "chevron.backward"),
style: .plain,
target: target,
action: action
)
navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem = backBarButtonItem
navigationBar.backIndicatorImage = UIImage()
navigationBar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = UIImage()
This works for me, to setup custom "<" and hide the default one and still keep the backBarButtonItem behaviours
The solution was to set global UINavigationBar appearance.
Apparently this has to be done at app launch.
UINavigationBar.appearance().backIndicatorImage = backArrowImage
UINavigationBar.appearance().backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = backArrowImage
With this approach we can preserve title animations and general back button behavior that would not be preserved if supplementing the back button with the leftBarButtonItem.
I've watched a lot of questions like this and didn't find an answer for my question.
That how i do now:
APPDELEGATE (didFinishLaunchingWithOptions)
// Text
let barButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
barButtonItem.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.clear], for: UIControlState.normal)
barButtonItem.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.clear], for: UIControlState.highlighted)
// Image
let backImage = UIImage(named: "arrow_left"
UINavigationBar.appearance().backIndicatorImage = backImage
UINavigationBar.appearance().backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = backImage
And this almost fit to what i need, but the screen title shifted to the right as there is an invisible back button text. And it definetly is (the root controller's title has 9 characters length):
The question is: How to change image, hide text and keep standart back action for every appearance of back button in ios 9.0 ?
There are three ways to do what you want.
I recommend: Create your own Navigation Class by extending and UINavigationController and override backbuttonItem (UIBarButtonItem) property to customise it according to your requirement. And use the same Navigation Controller class in your project.
Create a custom backBarButton by extending UIBarButtonItem and manually set the same as a back button of default Navigation Controller class, in all view controller.
Hide default navigation bar from root controller and create your own navigation bar using UIView and UIButton in all view controllers. (I always use this choice, that makes customization of navigation bar very easy for me. And I can set my view according to my requirement)
Here is how you can add Custom button for your navigation bar
let btnleft : UIButton = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width:35, height:35))
btnleft.contentMode = .center
btnleft.setImage(Set_Local_Image("arrow_left"), for: .normal)
btnleft.addTarget(self, action: #selector(YOUR_ACTION), for: .touchDown)
let backBarButon: UIBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: btnleft)
self.navigationItem.setLeftBarButtonItems([menuBarButon], animated:false)
instead of "arrow_left" You can use any image you want
For Default back action you can create function(YOUR_ACTION) and use in selector of back button
navController.popViewController(animated: true)
I can suggest you 2 options. Both require BaseViewController class as a superclass of all your view controllers.
If you are ok with native back button image, just want to remove back button text you can use this subclass:
class BaseViewController: UIViewController {
var navigationTitle: String = ""
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
if !navigationTitle.isEmpty {
navigationItem.title = navigationTitle
}
}
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
navigationTitle = navigationItem.title ?? ""
navigationItem.title = ""
}
}
If you want to use your custom icon for back button, you should create UIBarButtonItem with your image, add target, selector, handle action of the button. Sample BaseViewController class below:
class BaseViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let backImage = UIImage(named: "arrow_left")
navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
guard let navigationController = navigationController else {
return
}
if navigationController.viewControllers.count > 1 {
// we have to set back button only when we have at least 1 controller to go back
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(image: backImage, style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(backBarButtonAction(sender:)))
}
}
// MARK: Actions
func backBarButtonAction(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
}
}
According to https://stackoverflow.com/a/16831482/5790492 there is a way to do this without appearance.
Swift 3.0
extension UIViewController {
func setupCustomBackButton() {
if let controllersCount = navigationController?.viewControllers.count, controllersCount > 1 {
let backButton = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 12, height: 20))
backButton.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named: "arrow_left"), for: .normal)
backButton.contentMode = .left
let backButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: backButton)
backButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.popCurrentViewController), for: .touchUpInside)
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButtonItem
navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true
}
}
func popCurrentViewController() {
navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
}
}
UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(UIImage(), for:
UIBarPosition.any, barMetrics: UIBarMetrics.default)
UINavigationBar.appearance().shadowImage = UIImage()
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.white
UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor.main
UINavigationBar.appearance().isTranslucent = false
UINavigationBar.appearance().clipsToBounds = false
UINavigationBar.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor.main
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [NSFontAttributeName :
(UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size: 18))!, NSForegroundColorAttributeName:
UIColor.white]
Try this code and make changes accordingly to set image, color and other properties
You should watch Mark Moeykens' youtube series on this. He is IMHO one of the best YouTube presenters for UI Design and implementation in Swift.
The play list is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHDMmeIMXj8WyvlX5uFmppVn2Pm0bXVr7
Create an extension for UINavigationItem
extension UINavigationItem {
func backBarButtonItem() -> UINavigationItem {
return UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .Plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}
}
I'm using JSQmessageViewController and trying to programmatically add "back" button & user image on the navigation bar. I'm using the following codes. After running it, there's no "back" button or image. Attached is the screenshot of the simulator. I tested these codes with the normal UIViewController, and they worked.
May I know why they don't work with the JSQmessageViewController? And what should I do to add the "back" button & image on the navigation bar? Thanks a lot!
let navigationBar = UINavigationBar(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 64))
navigationBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
navigationBar.delegate = self;
let navigationItem = UINavigationItem()
navigationItem.title = strValue
let leftButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "back:")
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftButton
let imgButton = UIButton()
imgButton.setImage(image, forState: .Normal)
imgButton.addTarget(self, action: "EditProfile:", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchDown)
imgButton.frame = CGRectMake(self.view.frame.width - 60, 0, 41, self.view.frame.height)
var rightButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: imgButton)
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightButton
navigationBar.items = [navigationItem]
self.view.addSubview(navigationBar)
}
So if you use a navigation controller to present your instantiation of the JSQMessagesViewController then the navigation bar should actually already be there. You can just provide it with those buttons and they will be in the correct place. It also seems that you may be doing things in an outdated syntax. Here is the latest Syntax.
Create a function to add your back button.
func addCancelButtonLeft() {
let button = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .back, target: self, action: #selector(dismissView))
navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = button
}
Create the action for the button.
func dismissView() {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Then for your Image you are actually trying to put a button in that title view. Which is fine.
func titleView() {
let imgButton = UIButton()
imgButton.setImage(image, forState: .Normal)
imgButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(EditProfile), forControlEvents: .touchUpInside)
navigationItem.titleView = imgButton
}
func EditProfile() {
navigationController?.present(EditProfileViewController(), animated: true, completion: nil)
}
let me know if you have more questions and I will see what I can do. Good luck ๐๐ผ
When I push a UIViewController, it has some title in back button at new UIViewController, if the title has a lot of text, It does not look good in iPhone 4s So I want to remove it.
If I add some code in prepareForSegue function, it is going to be a trouble.
Any better way to achieve this๏ผ
If you want back arrow so following code put into AppDelegate file into didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method.
For Objective-C
[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment:UIOffsetMake(0, -60) forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
For Swift
let BarButtonItemAppearance = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
Another option give below.
In Objective C
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];
In Swift
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title:"", style:.plain, target:nil, action:nil)
UPDATE :
let BarButtonItemAppearance = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
let attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey: Any] = [
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 0.1),
NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear]
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes(attributes, for: .normal)
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes(attributes, for: .highlighted)
UPDATE SWIFT 4.1 :
let attributes = [NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont(name: "Helvetica-Bold", size: 0.1)!, NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear]
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes(attributes, for: .normal)
BarButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes(attributes, for: .highlighted)
Using Offset
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(-1000, 0), for:UIBarMetrics.default)
Work's like charm on Swift 3
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.title = " "
I'm using this line of code in AppDelegate file into didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method to remove the backbutton title.
Swift 2.x
let barAppearace = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
barAppearace.setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(0, -60), forBarMetrics:UIBarMetrics.Default)
Swift 3.x
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(0, -60), for:UIBarMetrics.default)
Swift 4.x
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: UIControlState.highlighted)
Just need go to your Parent ViewController from where your other ViewControllers are dependent.
override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillDisappear(true)
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .Plain, target: nil, action: nil)}
Just copy this code in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions
Swift 5
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffset(horizontal: -1000.0, vertical: 0.0), for: .default)
Swift 4
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(-1000.0, 0.0), for: .default)
it is simple. put a space in the title of the back button and ready.
Remember that it has to be in the previous view where you want to remove the text.
On iOS 14 is now present the backButtonDisplayMode property in UINavigationItem class. So, to remove back button title you can use
navigationItem.backButtonDisplayMode = .minimal
in the viewDidLoad func of the viewController where you want remove it.
To remove it in all navigationBar I used the swizzling technique
import UIKit
private let swizzling: (UIViewController.Type, Selector, Selector) -> Void = { forClass, originalSelector, swizzledSelector in
if let originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(forClass, originalSelector), let swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(forClass, swizzledSelector) {
let didAddMethod = class_addMethod(forClass, originalSelector, method_getImplementation(swizzledMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(swizzledMethod))
if didAddMethod {
class_replaceMethod(forClass, swizzledSelector, method_getImplementation(originalMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(originalMethod))
} else {
method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod)
}
}
}
extension UIViewController {
static func swizzle() {
let originalSelector1 = #selector(viewDidLoad)
let swizzledSelector1 = #selector(swizzled_viewDidLoad)
swizzling(UIViewController.self, originalSelector1, swizzledSelector1)
}
#objc open func swizzled_viewDidLoad() {
if let _ = navigationController {
if #available(iOS 14.0, *) {
navigationItem.backButtonDisplayMode = .minimal
} else {
// Fallback on earlier versions
navigationItem.backButtonTitle = ""
}
}
swizzled_viewDidLoad()
}
}
And in application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) call
UIViewController.swizzle()
You could create a subclass for all UIViewControllers you want this behavior for, and in the subclass's viewDidLoad:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(
title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}
This way, you can choose which controllers you want the behavior for, without duplicating code. I prefer my controllers to just say "Back", rather than the title of the previous controller, so I set that title here.
You can use xcode 8 and swift 3.0
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.backItem?.title = " "
let barAppearace = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
barAppearace.setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(0, -60), for:UIBarMetrics.default)
used this line of code in swift 3.0
Taking inspiration from rordulu's answer here, I ended up creating a custom UINavigationController and UINavigation bar which seems to handle all cases of this tricky problem.
1) Initialise new UINavigationController with your custom UINavigationBar:
class CustomNavigationController: UINavigationController {
convenience init() {
self.init(navigationBarClass: CustomNavigationBar.self, toolbarClass: nil)
}
}
2) Set the backItem.title property of the navigation bar to an empty string, every time the view lays itself out
class CustomNavigationBar: UINavigationBar {
override func layoutSubviews() {
backItem?.title = ""
super.layoutSubviews()
}
}
Now every time you use this navigation controller and bar combination, it will never have back button text! ๐
Note: this should work fine if using storyboards also, just ensure to drop the custom navigation bar component into the view
Simple Solution :
While you are pushing 2nd controller from 1st controller, put self.navigationItem.title = "" in viewWillDisappear of 1st controller. It hides back button title from 2nd controller.
Above statment hides 1st controllers title, hence when we came back we want title for 1st controller again. For that we have add title for 1st controller in viewWillAppear method of 1st controller.
Refer following methods (of 1st controller)
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
self.navigationItem.title = ""
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
self.navigationItem.title = "Title"
}
Works on Swift 5:
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem?.title = ""
Please note it will be effective for the next pushed view controller not the current one on the display, that's why it's very confusing!
Also, check the storyboard and select the navigation item of the previous view controller then type something in the Back Button (Inspector).
A method for iOS13.
let backButtonAppearance = UIBarButtonItemAppearance(style: .plain)
backButtonAppearance.normal.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear]
let navigationBarAppearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
navigationBarAppearance.backButtonAppearance = backButtonAppearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = navigationBarAppearance
I usually add or change the back button in viewDidLoad of the UIViewController.
Something like that should work:
let leftButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "closeView:")
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftButton
Don't forget to change and implement the function that it's called to close the view.
Even easier, just change the title:
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.title = "Back"
if #available(iOS 14.0, *) {
navigationItem.backButtonDisplayMode = .minimal
} else {
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}
Swift 3:
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title:"", style:.plain, target:nil, action:nil)
Adding a second answer here as my first only partially works. This method is less elegant in the fact that it requires calling a method in each view in the application, however it works without any side-effects.
So firstly, create a UIViewController extension class with a function to remove back button text and add a custom back button:
extension UIViewController {
func setBackButton() {
navigationController?.navigationBar.backIndicatorImage = R.image.backArrow()
navigationController?.navigationBar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = R.image.backArrow()
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: " ", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}
Secondly, we can simply call out to this function in the viewDidLoad of each view controller you need it in.
Swift 4.2
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
Updated Answer For Swift 4.2
Working with UIAppearance is a cleaner way of solving the problem but it would cause all the UIBarButtonItem to have a clear text. An improved version of the solution could be to check if the UIBarButtonItem is contained in a UINavigationBar.
UIBarButtonItem.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UINavigationBar.self]).setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
Just create extension of UIViewController with override function awakeFromNib() and make UIBarButtonItem with an empty title and give to navigation backBarButtonItem.
extension UIViewController {
open override func awakeFromNib() {
let backBarBtnItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backBarBtnItem
}
}
if you want to remove back button title when you open next screen
do this inside the function initialising and pushing a new screen:
navigationItem.backButtonTitle = ""
Full usage:
let view = SomeView()
let controller = UIHostingController(rootView: view)
navigationItem.backButtonTitle = ""
navigationController?.pushViewController(controller, animated: true)
But to customise back buttons for all navigation bars in your app you need to do this:
func setupNavBarAppearance() {
let backButtonImage = Images.west.image.withAlignmentRectInsets(UIEdgeInsets(top: -5, left: -15, bottom: -5, right: -15))
let backButtonAppearance = UIBarButtonItemAppearance(style: .plain)
backButtonAppearance.normal.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear]
let appearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
appearance.titleTextAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor : UIColor.white]
appearance.backButtonAppearance = backButtonAppearance
appearance.setBackIndicatorImage(backButtonImage, transitionMaskImage: backButtonImage)
UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = appearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = .white
UINavigationBar.appearance().isTranslucent = false
}
You can call it from your AppDelegate.swift
Swift 4.2 & 5
Instead of playing with the navigation bar tint color which will have side effects if you are using image picker anytime later in your code.
Use below code:
extension UIViewController {
open override func awakeFromNib() {
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}
}
Call it from your first ViewController:
self.awakeFromNib()
Put the below code in any of the UIViewcontroller extension it will hide all the UIViewcontroller back text
open override func awakeFromNib() {
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}
I have a simple solution for those, who don't want to use method swizzling or duplicating a similar code in different view controllers.
To remove back button title, create a UINavigationController subclass and override pushViewController(_, animated:) method:
final class CustomNavigationController: UINavigationController {
override func pushViewController(_ viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
super.pushViewController(viewController, animated: animated)
let backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem()
backBarButtonItem.title = nil
viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backBarButtonItem
}
}
I don't know why but I found problem with hiding back button title in iPhone pluses but in device without plus shows correct with
leftBarButtonItem.title = ""
So I found simple way. It is set tint color to clear in NavigationBar of NavigationViewController in autolayout. It may be problem if you use icons or text tiles with tint. But in my case I don't use it as all.
Just use this:
func removeBackButton(vc:UIViewController) {
let button = UIButton.init(type: .custom)
button.setImage(UIImage.init(named:""), for: .normal)
let leftBarButton = UIBarButtonItem.init(customView: button)
vc.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftBarButton
}
So call this method in viewDidLoad:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
removeBackButton(vc:self)
}
You can add this extension to UIViewController
And then call this function in every viewDidLoad()
like : self.updateBackButton()
extension UIViewController {
func updateBackButton(){
if self.navigationController != nil {
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .done, target: self, action: nil)
}
}}
I would like to share a solution that works for me. Also, it can be adjusted base on your needs and requirements.
Note, in my case, I use a storyboard to specify CustomNavigationBar
Swift 4.2
class CustomNavigationBar: UINavigationBar {
override func awakeFromNib() {
super.awakeFromNib()
guard let topItem = topItem else { return }
removeBackButtonTitle(for: topItem)
}
override func pushItem(_ item: UINavigationItem, animated: Bool) {
removeBackButtonTitle(for: item)
super.pushItem(item, animated: animated)
}
func removeBackButtonTitle(for item: UINavigationItem) {
item.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem()
}
}
Works for Swift 4.2
Using the line of code in AppDelegate file into didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
UIBarButtonItem.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UINavigationBar.self]).setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
UIBarButtonItem.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UINavigationBar.self]).setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .highlighted)
Code below is not working for me, can anyone help to figure it out what is wrong?
var image = UIImage(named: "10384605_10152519403846670_5189785375955620548_n.jpg") as UIImage
self.navigationController.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(image , forBarMetrics:UIBarMetrics)
self.navigationController.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(image,
forBarMetrics: .Default)
In AppDelegate.swift
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
//Image Background Navigation Bar
let navBackgroundImage:UIImage! = UIImage(named: "backgroundNB.png")
UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(navBackgroundImage, forBarMetrics: .Default)
return true
}
In Swift 3:
If you want to add a repeating image in the background you can make this call in AppDelegate > didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
let image = UIImage(named: "imageNameInAsset")
UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(image, for: .default)
If you want to add an image to the center of the navigation bar you need to do this in the ViewController > viewWillAppear:
let titleView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "imageNameInAsset"))
self.navigationItem.titleView = titleView
If you want to fill the image in navigation bar just use the code:
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named: "your_Background_Image_Name")?.resizableImage(withCapInsets: UIEdgeInsets.zero, resizingMode: .stretch), for: .default)
let navBackgroundImage:UIImage! = UIImage(named: "navbar_bg")
[UINavigationBar .appearance().setBackgroundImage(navBackgroundImage, forBarMetrics:.Default)]
For Swift 3:
In AppDelegate.swift:
UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named:"pattern.png"),
for: .default)
OR
In viewDidLoad():
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named:"pattern.png"),
for: .default)
set backgroundImage in Navigation controller
self.navigationController?.navigationBar .setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named: "cricket"), for: .default)
if You put the navigation bar hidden for the application you have to show it on view did load or appear by :
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
print("\n Debugger : View will appear called")
self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
}
if you want your navigation bar only show in a specific view controller you have to disappear the navigation bar by :
override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
print("\n Debugger : View did disapper called")
self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
}
Navigation bar setup Method
private func navigationBarSetup(){
print("\n Debugger : Navigation Bar setup method called")
self.navigationController!.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(named: "your image name "), for: .default)
let backButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "your Image name"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(Your selector method))
backButton.tintColor = UIColor.white
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton
let rightButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "your Image name"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(Your selector method))
backButton.tintColor = UIColor.white
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightButton
}
Add the following code to didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method in AppDelegate.swift:
if let myImage = UIImage(named: "navBarImage.jpg"){
UINavigationBar.appearance().setBackgroundImage(myImage, for: .default)
}
#benLIVE asked for how to do a back button, which I was doing when I found the accepted answer, so I thought I'd leave this here too (if a bit late) b/c if you are going to replace a nav bar icon, you may as well replace all of them!
let cubeIcon = UIImageView(image: yourImage)
cubeIcon.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem?.image = cubeIcon.image