Disclaimer: I realize this may not be approved by Apple, and I realize traversing the view hierarchy is programmatically unsafe. I'm trying to figure it out for my own curiosity :)
I'd like to change the case of a UIImagePickerController's navigation bar items.
This works for the title text:
viewController.navigationItem.title = [viewController.navigationItem.title uppercaseString];
But this doesn't work for the cancel button (clearly it's not the right location for the cancel button, but I can't find it in the view hierarchy).
How can I change the cancel button too?
[viewController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(UIBarButtonItem* btn, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
btn.title = [btn.title lowercaseString];
}];
I don't know how to access the existing cancel button, but you can replace it doing something like this:
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController willShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
{
// add done button to right side of nav bar
UIBarButtonItem *cancelButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"cancel"
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self
action:#selector(done:)];
UINavigationBar *bar = navigationController.navigationBar;
UINavigationItem *topItem;
topItem = bar.topItem;
topItem.rightBarButtonItem = cancelButton;
}
EDIT:
This will do what you want, I think:
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController willShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
{
for (UIView *view in navigationController.navigationBar.subviews)
{
if ([view isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]])
{
UIButton *btn = (UIButton *)view;
[btn setTitle:[btn.titleLabel.text lowercaseString] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
}
Related
I have a button:
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIBarButtonItem *addTaskBtn;
...
// Add new task button action.
- (IBAction)addTaskBtnAction:(id)sender {
}
I want a keyboard with a textfield accessory toolbar to pop up when I press my button. That textfield should also become the firstresponder which causes kind of a paradox...
I find it impossible to show a keyboard without making it a first responder of an existing textfiled, but I am trying to create a textfield as a toolbar of a keyboard.
The best example for this is in this app: https://todoist.com/ - they managed to do exactly what I am trying to achieve.
Any ideas?
Try this code for the hidden textfield:
make txtHidden as hidden and make it first responder on button click
- (IBAction)btnOpenTextfield:(id)sender {
[self.txtHidden becomeFirstResponder];
}
- (void) setupToolbar {
UIToolbar *keyboardToolBar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 42)];
self.txtToolbar = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(8, 6, 250, 30)];
UIBarButtonItem *textBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:self.txtToolbar ];
UIBarButtonItem *postBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithTitle:#"Post" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:#selector(postComment)];
[keyboardToolBar setItems: [NSArray arrayWithObjects:textBtn,postBtn,nil]];
self.txtHidden.inputAccessoryView = keyboardToolBar;
}
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
if (textField == self.txtHidden) {
[self setupToolbar];
}
return true;
}
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
[self performSelector:#selector(changeResponder) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1];
[self changeResponder];
}
- (void) changeResponder {
[self.txtToolbar becomeFirstResponder];
}
This is not the best way but you can try this till you get any other better solution
i wanted to change buttons color in action sheet so i wrote this code
- (void)willPresentActionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet {
for (UIView *_currentView in actionSheet.subviews) {
if ([_currentView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
UIButton *button = (UIButton *)_currentView;
button.titleLabel.textColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor];
NSLog(#"%#",#"ahmed");
}
}
}
but nothing happen although i made delegate to self and called UIActionSheetDelegate .
although i have 6 buttons ,i see as this function wasn't be called at all
what is the problem?????
I know it's not officially possible. I don't want to release it to the store, it's just a prototype.
I tried finding the button:
MFMessageComposeViewController *messageController = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
messageController.messageComposeDelegate = self;
NSArray * allViewControllers = [messageController viewControllers];
for (UIViewController *viewController in allViewControllers)
{
NSArray *allSubviews = [viewController.view subviews];
NSLog(#"class name: %#", viewController.class);
for(UIView *view in allSubviews)
{
if([view isMemberOfClass:[UIButton class]])
{
UIButton *button = (UIButton *)view;
NSLog(#"title: %#", button.titleLabel.text);
}
}
}
But nothing worked, so is it possible to change that send button? A sort of a hack? or importing a private header?
Thanks you.
Update:
Tried the following:
NSArray *allSubviews = [[messageController toolbar] subviews];
for(UIView *view in allSubviews)
{
if ([view isKindOfClass:[UIToolbar class]])
{
UIToolbar *navigationBar = (UIToolbar *)view;
for(UIView *subview in navigationBar.subviews)
{
NSLog(#"%#", [subview subviews]);
if([subview isMemberOfClass:[UIBarButtonItem class]])
{
UIBarButtonItem *button = (UIBarButtonItem *)view;
NSLog(#"title: %#", button.title);
}
}
}
Behind the hood, yes you can trick the label of Send Button.
Officially it is not allowed, but for private use you can use following framework which is available on github.
https://github.com/nst/iOS-Runtime-Headers/tree/master/Frameworks/MessageUI.framework.
Instead of default framework include this in your project.
And change whatever you want.
If any query let me know i will show the code.
I've never done this but here are some ideas to point you in the right direction.
MFMailComposeViewController is a UINavigationController. The "Send" and "Cancel" buttons are actually in its navigation bar. The navigation bar is a subview of the UINavigationController's view, rather than belonging to any of its children. You are logging the subviews of each child view, so you would never actually see the navigation bar since it is managed by the parent.
Try logging the subviews of the messageController.view, that should give you the navigation bar. The other thing is that you are checking for UIButton whereas you may want to be checking for a UIBarButtonItem.
I have an iOS 7 app where I am setting a custom back button like this:
UIImage *backButtonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back-button"];
UIButton *backButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[backButton setImage:backButtonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
backButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20);
[backButton addTarget:self
action:#selector(popViewController)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UIBarButtonItem *backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:backButton];
viewController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backBarButtonItem;
But this disables the iOS 7 "swipe left to right" gesture to navigate to the previous controller. Does anyone know how I can set a custom button and still keep this gesture enabled?
EDIT:
I tried to set the viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem instead, but this doesn't seem to show my custom image.
IMPORTANT:
This is a hack. I would recommend taking a look at this answer.
Calling the following line after assigning the leftBarButtonItem worked for me:
self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = self;
Edit:
This does not work if called in init methods. It should be called in viewDidLoad or similar methods.
Use the backIndicatorImage and backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage properties of the UINavigationBar if at all possible. Setting these on an a UIAppearanceProxy can easily modify behavior across your application. The wrinkle is that you can only set those on ios 7, but that works out because you can only use the pop gesture on ios 7 anyway. Your normal ios 6 styling can remain intact.
UINavigationBar* appearanceNavigationBar = [UINavigationBar appearance];
//the appearanceProxy returns NO, so ask the class directly
if ([[UINavigationBar class] instancesRespondToSelector:#selector(setBackIndicatorImage:)])
{
appearanceNavigationBar.backIndicatorImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back"];
appearanceNavigationBar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back"];
//sets back button color
appearanceNavigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
}else{
//do ios 6 customization
}
Trying to manipulate the interactivePopGestureRecognizer's delegate will lead to a lot of issues.
I saw this solution http://keighl.com/post/ios7-interactive-pop-gesture-custom-back-button/ which subclasses UINavigationController. Its a better solution as it handles the case where you swipe before the controller is in place - which causes a crash.
In addition to this I noticed if you do a swipe on the root view controller (after pushing on one, and back again) the UI becomes unresponsive (also same problem in answer above).
So the code in the subclassed UINavigationController should look like so:
#implementation NavigationController
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
__weak NavigationController *weakSelf = self;
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)]) {
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = weakSelf;
self.delegate = weakSelf;
}
}
- (void)pushViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated {
// Hijack the push method to disable the gesture
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)]) {
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = NO;
}
[super pushViewController:viewController animated:animated];
}
#pragma mark - UINavigationControllerDelegate
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController didShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animate {
// Enable the gesture again once the new controller is shown
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)] && [self.viewControllers count] > 1);
}
#end
I use
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackIndicatorImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"nav_back.png"]];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackIndicatorTransitionMaskImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"nav_back.png"]];
[UIBarButtonItem.appearance setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment:UIOffsetMake(0, -64) forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
Here is swift3 version of Nick H247's answer
class NavigationController: UINavigationController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
if responds(to: #selector(getter: interactivePopGestureRecognizer)) {
interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.delegate = self
delegate = self
}
}
override func pushViewController(_ viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
if responds(to: #selector(getter: interactivePopGestureRecognizer)) {
interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.isEnabled = false
}
super.pushViewController(viewController, animated: animated)
}
}
extension NavigationController: UINavigationControllerDelegate {
func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, didShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.isEnabled = (responds(to: #selector(getter: interactivePopGestureRecognizer)) && viewControllers.count > 1)
}
}
extension NavigationController: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {}
I also hide the back button, replacing it with a custom leftBarItem.
Removing interactivePopGestureRecognizer delegate after push action worked for me:
[self.navigationController pushViewController:vcToPush animated:YES];
// Enabling iOS 7 screen-edge-pan-gesture for pop action
if ([self.navigationController respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)]) {
self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = nil;
}
navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = (id<UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>)self;
This is from http://stuartkhall.com/posts/ios-7-development-tips-tricks-hacks, but it causes several bugs:
Push another viewController into the navigationController when swiping in from the left edge of the screen;
Or, swipe in from the left edge of the screen when the topViewController is popping up from the navigationController;
e.g. When the rootViewController of navigationController is showing, swipe in from the left edge of the screen, and tap something(QUICKLY) to push anotherViewController into the navigationController, then
The rootViewController does not respond any touch event;
The anotherViewController will not be shown;
Swipe from the edge of the screen again, the anotherViewController will be shown;
Tap the custom back button to pop the anotherViewController, crash!
So you must implement UIGestureRecognizerDelegate method in self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate like this:
- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
if (gestureRecognizer == navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer) {
return !navigationController.<#TODO: isPushAnimating#> && [navigationController.viewControllers count] > 1;
}
return YES;
}
Try self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = YES;
I did not write this, but the following blog helped a lot and solved my issues with custom navigation button:
http://keighl.com/post/ios7-interactive-pop-gesture-custom-back-button/
In summary, he implements a custom UINavigationController that uses the pop gesture delegate. Very clean and portable!
Code:
#interface CBNavigationController : UINavigationController <UINavigationControllerDelegate, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>
#end
#implementation CBNavigationController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
__weak CBNavigationController *weakSelf = self;
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)])
{
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = weakSelf;
self.delegate = weakSelf;
}
}
// Hijack the push method to disable the gesture
- (void)pushViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
{
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)])
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = NO;
[super pushViewController:viewController animated:animated];
}
#pragma mark UINavigationControllerDelegate
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController
didShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
animated:(BOOL)animate
{
// Enable the gesture again once the new controller is shown
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)])
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = YES;
}
Edit. Added fix for problems when a user tries to swipe left on a root view controller:
- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)] &&
self.topViewController == [self.viewControllers firstObject] &&
gestureRecognizer == self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer) {
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
RootView
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
self.navigationController?.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.isEnabled = false
}
ChildView
override func viewDidLoad() {
self.navigationController?.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.isEnabled = true
self.navigationController?.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.delegate = self
}
extension ChildViewController: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {}
Use this logic to keep enable or disable the swipe gesture..
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController
didShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
animated:(BOOL)animate
{
if ([self.navigationController respondsToSelector:#selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)])
{
if (self.navigationController.viewControllers.count > 1)
{
self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = YES;
}
else
{
self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = NO;
}
}
}
I had a similar problem where I was assigning the current view controller as the delegate for the interactive pop gesture, but would break the gesture on any views pushed, or views underneath the view in the nav stack. The way I solved this was to set the delegate in -viewDidAppear, then set it to nil in -viewWillDisappear. That allowed my other views to work correctly.
Imagine we are using Apple's default master/detail project template, where master is a table view controller and tapping on it will show the detail view controller.
We want to customize the back button that appears in the detail view controller. This is how to customize the image, image color, text, text color, and font of the back button.
To change the image, image color, text color, or font globally, place the following in a location that is called before any of your view controllers are created (e.g. application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: is a good place).
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
UINavigationBar* navigationBarAppearance = [UINavigationBar appearance];
// change the back button, using default tint color
navigationBarAppearance.backIndicatorImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back"];
navigationBarAppearance.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back"];
// change the back button, using the color inside the original image
navigationBarAppearance.backIndicatorImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:#"back"] imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysOriginal];
navigationBarAppearance.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"back"];
// change the tint color of everything in a navigation bar
navigationBarAppearance.tintColor = [UIColor greenColor];
// change the font in all toolbar buttons
NSDictionary *barButtonTitleTextAttributes =
#{
NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:12.0],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor purpleColor]
};
[[UIBarButtonItem appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:barButtonTitleTextAttributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
return YES;
}
Note, you can use appearanceWhenContainedIn: to have more control over which view controllers are affected by these changes, but keep in mind that you can't pass [DetailViewController class], because it is contained inside a UINavigationController, not your DetailViewController. This means you will need to subclass UINavigationController if you want more control over what is affected.
To customize the text or the font/color of a specific back button item, you must do so in the MasterViewController (not the DetailViewController!). This seems unintuitive because the button appears on the DetailViewController. However once you understand that the way to customize it is by setting a property on a navigationItem, it begins to make more sense.
- (void)viewDidLoad { // MASTER view controller
[super viewDidLoad];
UIBarButtonItem *buttonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Testing"
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:nil
action:nil];
NSDictionary *barButtonTitleTextAttributes =
#{
NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:12.0],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor purpleColor]
};
[buttonItem setTitleTextAttributes:barButtonTitleTextAttributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = buttonItem;
}
Note: attempting to set the titleTextAttributes after setting self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem doesn't seem to work, so they must be set before you assign the value to this property.
Create a class 'TTNavigationViewController' which is subclass of 'UINavigationController' and make your existing navigation controller of this class either in storyboard/class, Example code in class -
class TTNavigationViewController: UINavigationController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
// enable slide-back
if self.responds(to: #selector(getter: UINavigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer)) {
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.isEnabled = true
self.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.delegate = self
}
}
func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
return true
}}
I am developing an Application where I wanted to change the text of Search String in the SearchBar. I wanted to change the text of Cancel Button Also which appears next to the SearchBar. Before entering any string in the search bar we wil get the Search String as the default string. I wanted to change the text of that string and when we click on that searchbar we get a cancel button next to searchbar and I wanted to change the text of that cancel button.
Use the appearance proxy:
id barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar = [UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil];
[barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar setBackgroundImage:grayBackgroundImage forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar setTitleTextAttributes:#{
NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold" size:20],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor blackColor]
} forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar setTitle:#"X"];
You also need to have the "searchBar setShowsCancelButton" before the procedure.
- (void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller
{
[theSearchBar setShowsCancelButton:YES animated:NO];
for (UIView *subView in theSearchBar.subviews){
if([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]){
[(UIButton*)subView setTitle:#"Done" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
}
Note also: use UIButton to avoid problems with Apple!
Solution for iOS 7. All credits for this go to Mr. Jesper Nielsen - he wrote the code.
-(void)searchDisplayControllerDidBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller {
UIButton *cancelButton;
UIView *topView = theSearchBar.subviews[0];
for (UIView *subView in topView.subviews) {
if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"UINavigationButton")]) {
cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
}
}
if (cancelButton) {
[cancelButton setTitle:#"YourTitle" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
If by "Search String", you mean the placeholder, then this should do it:
[searchBar setPlaceholder:#"Whatever you want"];
As for changing the text of the cancel button, that may be a bit more difficult. Apple does not use a standard UIBarButtonItem for this, or even a non-standard UIButton. Instead they use a UINavigationButton for the cancel button in the search bar. Since this is not a documented public class, attempting to modify it could very well get your app rejected from the App Store. If you do want to risk rejection, then you could search through the subviews of searchBar:
for(UIView *view in [searchBar subviews]) {
if([view isKindOfClass:[NSClassFromString(#"UINavigationButton") class]]) {
[(UIBarItem *)view setTitle:#"Whatever you want"];
}
}
Note that the cancel button is loaded lazily, so you will have to do this modification when the search bar is activated by the user.
In iOS 7 if you are using UISearchBar just write this code in searchBarTextDidBeginEditing: method
searchBar.showsCancelButton = YES;UIView* view=searchBar.subviews[0];
for (UIView *subView in view.subviews) {
if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
[cancelButton setTitle:#"إلغاء" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
I would like to fix the UIAppearance technique, as yar1vn code won't work with Xcode 5. With the following you will have code that works perfectly for both iOS 6 and iOS 7.
First, you need to understand that the cancel button is a private UINavigationButton:UIButton. Hence, it is not an UIBarButtonItem. After some inspection, it appears that UINavigationButton will respond to those UIAppearance selectors:
// inherited from UINavigationButton
#selector(setTintColor:)
#selector(setBackgroundImage:forState:style:barMetrics:)
#selector(setBackgroundImage:forState:barMetrics:)
#selector(setTitleTextAttributes:forState:)
#selector(setBackgroundVerticalPositionAdjustment:forBarMetrics:)
#selector(setTitlePositionAdjustment:forBarMetrics:)
#selector(setBackButtonBackgroundImage:forState:barMetrics:)
#selector(setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment:forBarMetrics:)
#selector(setBackButtonBackgroundVerticalPositionAdjustment:forBarMetrics:)
// inherited from UIButton
#selector(setTitle:forState:)
Coincidentally, those selectors match those of a UIBarButtonItem. Meaning the trick is to use two separate UIAppearance to handle the private class UINavigationButton.
/* dual appearance technique by Cœur to customize a UINavigationButton */
Class barClass = [UISearchBar self];
UIBarButtonItem<UIAppearance> *barButtonItemAppearanceInBar = [UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:barClass, nil];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setTintColor:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setBackgroundImage:... forState:... style:... barMetrics:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setBackgroundImage:... forState:... barMetrics:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setTitleTextAttributes:... forState:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setBackgroundVerticalPositionAdjustment:... forBarMetrics:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setTitlePositionAdjustment:... forBarMetrics:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setBackButtonBackgroundImage:... forState:... barMetrics:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment:... forBarMetrics:...];
[barButtonItemAppearanceInBar setBackButtonBackgroundVerticalPositionAdjustment:... forBarMetrics:...];
UIButton<UIAppearance> *buttonAppearanceInBar = [UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:barClass, nil];
[buttonAppearanceInBar setTitle:... forState:...];
Now, this technique works for the Cancel button, but it also works for the Back button if you change the barClass to [UINavigationBar self].
This solution work for me - iOs7 and iOs8:
#interface ... : ...
#property (strong, nonatomic) IBOutlet UISearchBar *search;
#end
and
- (void)searchBarTextDidBeginEditing:(UISearchBar *)searchBar {
[searchBar setShowsCancelButton:YES animated:YES];
NSArray *searchBarSubViews = [[self.search.subviews objectAtIndex:0] subviews];
UIButton *cancelButton;
for (UIView *subView in searchBarSubViews) {
if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"UINavigationButton")]) {
cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
break;
}
}
if (cancelButton) {
[cancelButton setTitle:#"New cancel" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
//insert this two lines below if you have a button appearance like this "Ne...cel"
[searchBar setShowsCancelButton:NO animated:YES];
[searchBar setShowsCancelButton:YES animated:YES];
}
On iOS 7, if you've set displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar = YES on UISearchDisplayController, replacing the cancel button title via subview recursion or the appearance proxy will not work.
Instead, use your own bar button in viewDidLoad:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.searchDisplayController.displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar = YES;
UIBarButtonItem *barItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"A Custom Title", nil)
style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered
target:self
action:#selector(cancelButtonTapped:)];
// NB: Order is important here.
// Only do this *after* setting displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar to YES
// as that's when UISearchDisplayController creates it's navigationItem
self.searchDisplayController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = barItem;
}
Jeremytripp 's working Code in Swift
I couldn't find the same code in Swift so I "translated" it myself:
func searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch(controller: UISearchDisplayController) {
self.searchDisplayController?.searchBar.showsCancelButton = true
var cancelButton: UIButton
var topView: UIView = self.searchDisplayController?.searchBar.subviews[0] as UIView
for subView in topView.subviews {
if subView.isKindOfClass(NSClassFromString("UINavigationButton")) {
cancelButton = subView as UIButton
cancelButton.setTitle("My Custom Title", forState: UIControlState.Normal)
}
}
}
If you just want to localized the default "Cancel" title for cancel button, I prefer to change the value of CFBundleDevelopmentRegion key from en to your localized region in Info.plist file in project.
Here is my change,
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>zh_CN</string>
after that, the default "Cancel" title will show as Chinese "取消". This change will also affect all the default region values, for example, the pasteboard operations' action titles on UITextField/UITextView will be localized, "Select" -> "选择", "Paste" -> "粘贴"...
By the way, the Info.plist file could be localized perfectly.
Enjoy!
Instead of referencing the non-public UINavigationButton class, I did the following. I'm hoping that it will make it through App Store review!
for (id subview in searchBar.subviews) {
if ([subview respondsToSelector:#selector(setTitle:)]) {
[subview setTitle:#"Map"];
}
}
If you're still having trouble with changing the Cancel button in iOS7, this is currently working for me:
-(void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller{
self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = YES;
UIButton *cancelButton;
UIView *topView = self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.subviews[0];
for (UIView *subView in topView.subviews) {
if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"UINavigationButton")]) {
cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
}
}
if (cancelButton) {
//Set the new title of the cancel button
[cancelButton setTitle:#"Hi" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
if the SearchBar is in the navigationBar, the code will be different than the usual answer; You need to search for NavigationBar's subviews instead.
-(void)searchDisplayControllerDidBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller{
UINavigationBar * navigationBar = self.navigationController.navigationBar;
for (UIView *subView in navigationBar.subviews){
if([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"UINavigationButton")]){
[(UIButton*)subView setTitle:#"İptal" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}}
and This work in iOS7+ , if you still can't set the title you should learn view debugging - This is how I solved this problem of mine.
This brief tutorial outlines the key points of View-Debugging very well:
http://www.raywenderlich.com/98356/view-debugging-in-xcode-6
if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
controller.searchBar.setValue("Done", forKey:"cancelButtonText")
} else {
controller.searchBar.setValue("Done", forKey:"_cancelButtonText")
}
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Actually controller.searchBar.setValue("Done", forKey:"cancelButtonText") works for all iOS versions
Working short code in Swift 2.1 (iOS7-9 tested)
#IBOutlet weak var searchBar: UISearchBar!
func enableSearchBarCancelButton(enable: Bool, title: String? = nil) {
searchBar?.showsCancelButton = enable
if enable {
if let _cancelButton = searchBar?.valueForKey("_cancelButton"),
let cancelButton = _cancelButton as? UIButton {
cancelButton.enabled = enable //comment out if you want this button disabled when keyboard is not visible
if title != nil {
cancelButton.setTitle(title, forState: UIControlState.Normal)
}
}
}
}