I've created my toolBar and navigationBar and added the respective items to it. I'm still new to coding but its my understanding that UINavigationController only displays the navBar and toolBar for the viewController in the top of the seque. I'm doing this without storyboards and in swift.
If you want to add more than one bar button items to UINavigationBar programatically, you can do that like
UIBarButtonItem *btnShare = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAction target:self action:#selector(share)];
UIBarButtonItem *btnRefresh = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh target:self action:#selector(refresh)];
[self.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:btnShare, btnRefresh, nil]];
Hope this will help you.
I am trying to add an UIBarButtonItem and an UIViewController with the following code:
UIBarButtonItem *backButton =
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"back", #"")
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self
action:#selector(goBack)];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton;
But when I run my app, the UIBarButtonItem does not appear. Please Help.
Before you localize your string, make sure it works with a regular string. So then you know if the code for the button is incorrect or the if you didn't set up your localized string properly.
You need to embed your view controller into navigation controller at that time so can find the UIBarButtonItem. Because it is navigation item you need to embed inside the navigation controller.
When I layer SWRevealViewController over a normal UIViewController's view, to achieve a sliding left menu effect, it works as intended.
However, when this view controller is embeded on a UINavigationController, it overlays the navigation bar and hides the image and left and right BarButtonItems.
I'd appreciate some help finding a workaround.
This is how I'm adding this buttons:
UIBarButtonItem *revealButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage: [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon-back"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self.revealViewController action:#selector(revealToggle:)];
UIBarButtonItem *saveExitButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"out"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self action:#selector(saveExit)];
self.navigationController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = revealButtonItem;
self.navigationController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = saveExitButtonItem;
Added this repository to show my point I'm using this component https://github.com/John-Lluch/SWRevealViewController:
https://github.com/AresDev/revealtest.git
Main.storyboard is working, just change in project settings the main interface to NonWorking.storyboard to see the error.
I've found the solution, the navigation item that I have to add the buttom items is actually the RevealViewController navigation item.
UIBarButtonItem *revealButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage: [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon-back"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self.revealViewController action:#selector(revealToggle:)];
UIBarButtonItem *saveExitButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"out"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self action:#selector(saveExit)];
self.revealViewController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = revealButtonItem;
self.revealViewController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = saveExitButtonItem;
This what I understood from your question: You are trying to put together a navigation drawer view controller. If so then you could refer to: https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMDrawerController
If not then please elaborate your query.
I'm using storyboard on xcode5.
and I want to display put right bar button on navigation within tabbar.
structure is tabbar controller -> navigation controller -> view controller
I tried following code on view controller.
But, Nothing is displayed.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
UIBarButtonItem *addButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"btn"
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self
action:nil];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = addButton;
}
Does someone know what's wrong?
In your ViewDidLoad
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"More" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:#selector(toggleMenu:)];
or Storyboard
By default the back button uses as a text on it a title of a viewcontroller.
Can I change text on the back button without changing a title of a view controller?
I need this because I have a view controller which title is too long to display and in this case I would like to display just "Back" as a caption for back button.
I tried the following which didn't work:
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.title = #"Back";
Thanks.
Try
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil] autorelease];
I found that by looking at the backBarButtonItem docs in Apple's docs for UINavigationItem.
Marc W's approach worked great once I figured out which controller to apply it to: the one being re-titled, not the one on top. So if this is the navigation stack:
(bottom) ControllerA -> ControllerB (top)
...and you want to give a shorter title for ControllerA in the back-button displayed when ControllerB is on top, you apply the property change to ControllerA.
So it's more in the context of self.title, not like the other left/right-bar-button setters.
You can do it in the storyboard. Find the view controller you want to go back to (the one with the long title), select it's Navigation Item, and open the Attributes Inspector (Alt+Cmd+4), insert the custom Back Button title.
Thanks Marco... that helped me...
Here is what i did.
If you are using a tableView to navigate to different views... put the code:
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil] autorelease];
In your didSelectRowAtIndexPath method... of the first Controller... Controller A.
When you navigate to Controller B the button will have the title "Back".
The back button pulls its text from the title of the parent view controller.
In the parent view controller (the view controller that appears when you tap the back button), set its own title as the desired text on the back button.
For example, let's say we have a RootViewController class. When we click a cell in its table view, we push an instance of SecondViewController. We want the back button of the SecondViewController instance to read, "Home."
in the viewDidLoad method of RootViewController.m:
self.title = #"Home";
in the viewDidLoad method of SecondViewController.m:
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton;
[backButton release];
If you want your back button to read, "Back," set the title of the parent view controller to #"Back";
This work better for me. Try :
self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];
If you are using storyboard:
Open StoryBoard
In Document Outline window find ViewController to which you want to
return to
Click on Navigation Item of that ViewController
In Attributes explorer change Back Button value to your custom tile
That is it, enjoy...
And in MonoTouch the following works (in ViewDidLoad of the parent controller):
NavigationItem.BackBarButtonItem = new UIBarButtonItem( "Back", UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, null);
[self.navigationItem setBackBarButtonItem:[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil]];
This worked for me.
In your parent view controller, set the back button when view loads:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem =
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"title"
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:nil
action:nil];
}
Notice that we don't need to include autorelease at the end with the latest iOS version.
Hope this helps!
[self.navigationController.navigationBar.backItem setTitle:#"back"];
It works for me. You can replace "back" with something else.
This one worked for me if you don't want to have a title!
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#" " style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];
self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];
I finally knew why these answers did not work for me at first. I set the title in storyboard. When i set the title on code. it works!
self.navigationItem.title = #"Main Menu";
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#" " style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];
[[self navigationItem] setBackBarButtonItem:backButton];
My solution was to set title when the view controller is pushed to navigation stack and reset it by use of delegate method before pushed vc closes:
So I put the title change in calling view controller when I push the other view controller like:
self.pushedVC = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"pushedVCIdentifier"];
self.pushedVC.delegate = self;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:self.pushedVC animated:YES];
self.title = #"Back";
and in delegate callback function (which I invoke in viewWillDissapear):
-(void)pushedVCWillClose:(PushedVC *)sender
{
self.title = #"Previous Title";
}
If you want not only to change the text of the Back button and remain the original left-arrow shape, but also to do something when user clicks the Back button, I recommend you to have a look around my "CustomNavigationController".
//You can achieve this by setting the title in the previous view controller as shown below
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
//Set Title for this view
self.navigationItem.title = "My Title"
}
override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
//Set Title for back button in next view
self.navigationItem.title = "Back"
}
For to change back button title, refer below code
InformationVC *infoController=[[InformationVC alloc]init];[self.navigationController infoController animated:YES];
//Below code changed back button title on InformationVC page.
UIBarButtonItem *backBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Information" style: UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target: nil action: nil];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backBarButton;`enter code here`
In Swift5, the backBarButtom cannot be edited. Hence, we need to hide the backBarButtom first, then use a customised leftbarButtom to replace backBarButtom. Here is the detailed solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63868300/13939003
This worked for me:
self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem.title = "Back"