I need to make a custom navigation bar, since it will have search bar and some other views, it will be easier if I just make custom view instead of inserting view to navigation controller programatically
like the picture below, there are 2 ways to implement custom navigation bar view, by embedding navigation controller (yellow VCs) and use or just using present modally segue (blue VCs)
personally I will choose to use navigation controller because 'maybe' there are some methods that has already built that I can use. but the problem is, the custom navigation view (red color) in navigation controller it seems overlapped by the actual navigation bar in storyboard, I don't know how to hide the navigation bar from navigation controller in storyboard, even though if I use self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated), it won't be a problem.
what is the right approach to make custom navigation bar like this?
In IB the navigation bar is shown only to simulate what it might look like when you run the app. The decision to show this is inferred, by default, by the fact that it is downstream from the navigation controller. Luckily you can change this option.
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So I have a UITabBarController and it has three buttons on the bottom in my iOS app. I want to add another set of buttons at the top but not quite sure on how to do this. I tried adding a UINavigationBar and a navigation button, and adding a view in to it, adding just the buttons, ect.... but to no avail. It won't let me add anything to the UITabBarController. Is there a way to do this?
Thank you very much.
the simplest way to that is to creat 3 buttons side by side and set their frame the way they divide the top of screen to 3 equals. it means u can create a tab bar with buttons manually.
but there's another way. i think this answer would help u
Positioning UITabBar at the top
To use the navigation bar you need a navigation controller. Now depending on your needs your tab bar controller should be inside a navigation controller or the other way around. If you want to be able to navigate away from the tab bar controller (have a screen without the tab bar) you should embed your tab bar controller into a navigation controller. If you only need the navigation bar for some tabs of the tab bar controller or you still want the tab bar to be visible all the time you should embed all (or just the ones than need a navigation bar) your root view controllers for each tab in navigation controllers. Finally if you do not need the navigation behaviour you could just put a regular view in the view controller that needs the bar at the top and some buttons in it and make them look the way you want.
You can embed a view controller in a navigation controller in a storyboard by selecting the view controller and the going to Edit->Embed in->Navigation controller.
Select the Any Tabbar ViewController then above the Menu -> Editor -> Embed In -> Navigation Controller its select, if you get the Navigation Controller then if you add the Navigation Button at Top of the ViewController, example :
I'm working on my first iOS app and I'm realizing just right now that I don't have a navigation controller. Since I'm already pretty far in the app and not completely sure of how I would implement a navigation controller, I was wondering if I would need one in order to implement a search controller, meaning a UITableViewController with like a navigation bar on top.
To implement a Navigation Controller you just need to select the View Controller in storyboard then Click up top Editor -> Embed In -> Navigation Controller. You could also just add a navigation bar to the top of the View Controller you are using.
These are the two options for adding a navigation bar, however, neither is required for adding a search bar.
You do not need to add a navigation controller just to display a navigation bar. Navigation bar can be added to any UIViewController.
You can also add just the search controller in a navigation controller, without affecting your other view controllers. This will add a Navigation bar to the search controller and also allow you to navigate to (Push) other view controllers.
I created a normal view controller with a customized navigation bar. Later I changed my mind to embed the view controller into a navigation controller. And I noticed that embedding the view controller into a navigation controller will create another navigation bar!
As the image show:
I am wondering if there is a way to replace the navigation bar created by navigation controller with my own customized bar?
Or, if it's not possible, is there a way to configure the new navigation bar? Because for some reason it's not shown in my interface builder.
You have 2 solutions
Hide the system navigationbar using below code so it was display your custom navigation.
self.navController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
Customize the system navigation bar with its background color, back button and title text color. For this you can refer a below links which provide you detail of its
http://www.appcoda.com/customize-navigation-status-bar-ios-7/
You can change the color and buttons of the UINavigationBar provided by the system and make it look like yours.
I want to add a navigation bar to my view controller (I do not use a navigation controller) to show the page title and contain an add button. However when adding a navigation bar though the interface builder it is not showing. I am assuming it is possible to use it without a navigation controller otherwise there would be little point in allow me to drag it on to a view controller.
I have a pretty basic storyboard based app, with a UINavigationController, a main view and a secondary view, both of which are in the navigation hierarchy. I’m currently hiding the navigation bar on the main view by using setNavigationBarHidden: as appropriate in viewWillAppear and viewWillDisappear. It seems like there should be a way to do this in Interface Builder, rather than in code. Essentially I’d like the options available in the Simulated Metrics options, but not simulated. Does that exist?
In the scene for the UINavigationController itself, I suppose you could check the hidden button for the nav bar in the Attributes inspector, but that would make the nav bar hidden for all the view controllers in the navigation stack. But that's not what you want.
To hide the nav bar for an individual view controller using IB, you would need to use a stand alone nav bar for each view controller (e.g., drap and drop a Navigation Bar from the object library in IB). To use a stand alone nav bar in a navigation stack would be more work than programmatically hiding the nav bar.
Just uncheck the Attribute Inspector > Shows Navigation Bar in Attribute Inspector