iOS rightBarButtonItem on UINavigationController in swift - ios

Question

I'm trying to put a rightBarButtonItem on a second view controller of an UINavigationViewController stack.
I'm creating and setting the button in viewDidLoad of the view controller that I want to show. My actual code looks like this:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
menu_button_ = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "menu"),
style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain ,
target: self, action: "OnMenuClicked:")
self.navigationController!.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = menu_button_
}
What am I missing? The button doesn't appear.

Answer 1

You should set the menu_button_ as the rightBarButtonItem of your viewController rather than the navigationController.
Try
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = menu_button_
instead of
self.navigationController!.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = menu_button_

Answer 2

try with following code. it works for me.
let homeButton : UIBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "LeftButtonTitle", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "")
let logButton : UIBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "RigthButtonTitle", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "")
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = homeButton
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = logButton
And if you want to settle out custom image then please check with apple guidelines on below link.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/BarIcons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH21-SW1

Answer 3

In Swift 5
//For righter button item
let rightBtn = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "rightmenu"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(onClickMethod))//Change your function name and image name here
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightBtn
//self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [rightBtn, anotherBtn] //If you want to add more buttons add like this
//This is your function
#objc func onClickMethod() {
print("Left bar button item")
}

Answer 4

Create an extension of UINavigationItem like -
extension UINavigationItem {
func addSettingButtonOnRight(){
let button = UIButton(type: .custom)
button.setTitle("setting", for: .normal)
button.titleLabel?.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15.0)
button.layer.cornerRadius = 5
button.backgroundColor = .gray
button.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 25)
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(gotSettingPage), for: UIControlEvents.touchUpInside)
let barButton = UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)
self.rightBarButtonItem = barButton
}
#objc func gotSettingPage(){
}
}
And call it from viewDidLoad() like -
self.navigationItem.addSettingButtonOnRight()