I'm trying to add a UISegmentedControl to a UIToolbar using IB within xCode.
Whilst this is easy using a xib file, (create a view, add a toolbar to the bottom of the screen and drag on a UISegmentedControl onto the toolbar), it seems 'impossible' using storyboards.
I have a UIViewController scene embedded in a UINavigationController...
I have the following settings on the NavigationController...
I seem to be able to add UIBarButtonItems to the toolbar in the ViewController, not a UISegmentedControl as I can with xibs.
It even seems impossible to do via code...
let segmentControl = UISegmentedControl(items: ["One","Two"]);
let segmentedControlButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: segmentControl);
let barArray = [segmentedControlButtonItem];
self.navigationController?.setToolbarItems(barArray, animated: false);
Surely this is doable via storyboards? I can add UISegmentControls to the top bar in the Navigation Controller, (via a UIView) but not to the bottom toolbar.
How can this be done?
You need to set the toolbarItems of your own ViewController, this will propagate to the NavigationController:
self.toolbarItems = barArray
I haven't found a way of adding a SegmentedControl via Storyboards, which I would prefer as well.
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I added UIViewController which has no storyboard to UITabBar.
It seems the view of added VC goes under the tab bar which does not
happen when I add a vc which used Storybaord to UITabBar.
How can I prevent this?
If you don't want the viewcontroller extend to any edges, you can try:
viewController.edgesForExtendedLayout = []
or viewController.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = false should also work
I've added a custom UIView to my base UITabBarController. I start by hiding the default tabBar. The viewdidload looks like this in UITabBarController:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//hide default tab bar
self.tabBar.isHidden = true
tabBarArea.frame.size.width = self.view.frame.width
tabBarArea.frame.origin.y = self.view.frame.height - tabBarArea.frame.height
self.view.addSubview(tabBarArea)
}
That works well. The tabBarArea is defined in the storyboard as a custom view for the UITabBarController. The custom view sits between the First Responder and the Exit icons in the top bar.
Now, the problem is that the UITabBarController will disappear as soon as we load a child view controller and this custom UIView area will vanish with it.
Is there a way to make this root custom view always present even when child view controllers are loaded in?
Thanks for input. I like the idea of this custom UIView area but this approach needs refinement. I also don't need it to be a traditional UITabBarController with tab bar items, etc. I'd like to break out of that mold and just have custom UIButtons are whatever in this view area.
I've set the titleView of a UIViewController's navigationItem after init(). After pushing the VC to UINavigationController, titleView appears correctly at first time. But when I change (re-set) a titleView to an other view, it suddenly disappears.
But when I push another view controller and navigate back, it suddenly appears.
Do I have to perform any actions after re-setting the titleView?
If you are not using tab bar controller, then in viewDidLoad
setting the title as self.title is better.I have mentioned Tab bar Controller because if you have a view controller (in a NavigationController) in a UITabBarController, then if you set self.title it overrides the name of the tab as well as the top title.
I think you maybe code like this:
self.navigationItem.titleView = self.yourView;
If your yourView is a custom class , it maybe remove from superView when you switch your viewcontroller to next one;
So code like this maybe solve your problem:
[self.navigationItem.titleView addSubview:yourView];
How can I hide my left bar button item?
In my storyboard I dragged a Navigation Bar onto my View Controller, then a Bar Button Item. Under certain conditions I want to hide the Bar Button Item.
None of this works:
override func viewDidLoad() {
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = []
self.navigationItem.setLeftBarButtonItems([], animated: true)
}
I dragged a Navigation Bar onto my View Controller
Well, don't! There is a big difference between a navigation controller interface, where you set the navigationItem, and a loosey-goosey navigation bar just sitting there in the interface, which is what you have.
Embed your view controller in a UINavigationController and do things the right way. Then setting your navigationItem and its properties will work as expected.
You can't access to self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem because you manually drag navigationBar from storyboard. I would suggest to do the following instead:
add an IBOutlet of BarButtonItem (eg: barButton) that you created in storyboard
barButton.title = ""
barButton.isEnable = false
This will hide your BarButtonItem, and you can simply show it back later.
I'm building an application for iOS, which is using a navigation controller. I want to put a view in the titleView, and have it fill the whole width of the navigation bar.
I'm calling setupNavBar in viewDidLoad of the view controller that is embedded in the navigation controller. Here is how I do:
func setupNavBar() {
let navBar = navigationController?.navigationBar
// navBar!.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
// navBar!.frame.size.height = CGFloat(100)
let searchBar = UIView(frame: navBar!.frame)
searchBar.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, navBar!.frame.width, navBar!.frame.height)
searchBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.brownColor()
navigationItem.titleView = searchBar
}
But the view (brown - "searchBar"), doesn't cover the full navigation bar:
So I figured out that the problem was related to Autoresizing and Constraints, because if I call navBar!.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false, I can freely set the sizes of views frame, so there must be some constraints that change the view's bounds. But I would like to keep as much of the autolayout behaviour as possible.
Is there a way to only change the contraints on the titleView?
I'm doing everything programmatically, I don't use the storyboard or xib's!
EDIT:
But it doesn't seem like there is any constraints on either navigationItem or navBar:
for someObject in navigationItem.titleView!.constraints {
print(someObject)
}
It doesn't print any constraints. neither if I use navBar.constraints!
EDIT 2:
I have a screenshot from "View UI Hierarchy" from the debug navigator:
It seems that the view(brown) alligns with the Navigation Bar Back Indicator View, maybe this is a clue to what causes the problem?
How come the view is resized?
Two different suggestions here:
1. You can try the
navigationItem.titleView.sizeToFit()
Otherwise you could set the background colour of the navbar to brown as it appears you wish the brown bar to cover the entire width of the navbar. If you want to add other views on top of that you then can.
You could also try to make an outlet to the title view and add an NSLayoutConstraint using
navigationItem.titleView.addConstraint(NSLayoutConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint)
I am not entirely sure whether that will work, however.