Here's my scenario:
I'm using this open source library https://github.com/SlavaBushtruk/APSplitViewController to create a pseudo splitviewcontroller.
Here's what it looks like so far
The APSplitViewController is pushed from another view within a tabbarcontroller.
When I pushed the APSplitViewController it adds an additional navigation bar to the very top of its view, I have hidden that bar because my "sub" views have their own navigation bars.
I would like to add a button to the left of the blue view that would simulate the actual navigation controllers back button (which is currently hidden)
If I can get it to look look like the back arrow that would be great, if not I can live with just a button that says back.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Okay I have added a button like so.
self.left.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Test" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:#selector(backAction)];
Now if I can just get it to look like the back arrow It would be perfect :)
You can get an image that looks like the back button.
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I have a View Controller that has a UINavigationBar in it and I want to show the back button in the nav bar. The reason I am using a View Controller instead of a Navigation Controller is because of a custom animation I am using to switch between views. The back button will be used to start the back animation from the second view.
in any event is there any way I can force show the back button in the UIViewController with the Nav bar in it without creating an icon to use in a UIBarButtonItem
Are you animating actual views, or are they ViewControllers? Animating between viewControllers is perfectly doable using a navigation controller and writing a custom segue. Then there's no trouble of adding a custom back button.
The only disadvantage using a custom segue is that the animation on the navigationBar is gone, resulting in a sudden 'change' of title and appearance of the back button.
Anyway, you could add your own button to the navigationBar using the following code:
yourNavigationBar.topItem.leftBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithTitle:#"Back" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:#selector(backButtonPressed)];
Don't forget to implement the backButtonPressed method.
It doesn't include the typical 'back' arrow, but you can solve this by adding an image to the button, or just by creating a custom view and include that in the navBar.
I have searched and can't figure out what is going on.
I have a NavController set up to root on VC1 which has a push segue to VC2. On VC2 the stock back button is just the Arrow Icon (no Arrow Icon with "Back Text).
In a different part of my app I have another Navigation Controller set up to root on VC5 which pushes to VC6. On VC6, the stock back button is the Arrow Icon with the "Back" text).
I am trying to be uniform but I can't figure out how to change these without loading in my own images (which I really don't want to do). I have tried to look for differences between the Navigation View Controllers but can't find how they are different.
Preferably I would just like the Arrow Icon without the "Back" Text.
Anyone experience this?
Another solution: You can control the text on the back button by setting the title of the view controller you came from.
self.title = #"my title";
And this text will appear on the back button of the next view controller you will navigate to. (Unless you defined an image for the back button)
This is not the best solution, (I prefer faviomob's solution using the storyboard, or programmatically), but it can be convenient in some cases.
Look at my picture. When I select any cell in the table view (in root view controller), the second view controller pushed with '111' back button. So, to have empty text there just set it to whitespace.
To set just the back arrow set the left bar Button item of the Navigation bar. Follow this:
//Set the back image. Use ur own image instead of back.png.
UIBarButtonItem* leftBarButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"back.png"]
style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
target:self
action:#selector(leftBarButtonPressed)];
[self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:leftBarButton];
Been trying to hide the "back" button on my nav bar. The nav bar is on a tab bar controller and when it first loads, the back button is hidden. But when returning from the child nav controller, the back button appears again with the child view controllers title. I've tried self.navigationBar.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES; on my tab bar/nav bar controller in viewDidLoad: and viewWillAppear: methods, and also on my child view controller in my custom button segue method. I also tried setting the buttons title to nil using self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil]; but that is returning a symbol for the back button instead of "back". And I don't want either. I've checked other threads on here and tried all the solutions I could find. Not having any luck.. any other ideas? Cheers!
Okay, think I found something that works. I'm not sure if it is the best solution but it's simple and it seems to be working. What I did was, I added my own barButton item in place of the Back button and set the tint to Clear color, then I disabled it from the attributes inspector. So what I am left with is an inactive button with a clear title. let me know if anyone has same problem or if there's a better solution!
I've been a lurker for some time on Stackoverflow, and here is my first iOS post.
I am implementing a UINavigationController programmatically and am using it for the default back buttons. The text that is on the back button is defaulted to the name of the title in the previous navigation bar's view, due to the stack.
I wish to change the text on the back button (left bar button) without creating a new UIBarButtonItem, so that I can avoid using a selector and instead use the stack that I have been using. I also wish to avoid creating a new button object, since there is one already inside the NavController.
Example: NavViewA titled A, advances to NavViewB titled B. The left bar button in NavViewB now says 'A', however, I wish it to say "Turtles".
How would I go about doing this?
If I do end up creating a new UIButtonItem and just using that with a selector that pops, will the default button in the NavController deallocate itself, or will it be taking up memory?
Thanks
You can simply do this in viewDidLoad of your NavViewControllerA
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Turtles" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];
It'll still do the pop for you.
I have a stack of three VCs that are coordinated through a navigation controller and make use of a navigation bar. On this navigation bar, in each VC, I added the same button (a 'Logout' button) as a right bar button item:
UIBarButtonItem *logoutButton =
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(#"LogoutButtonTitle", #"")
style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered
target:self
action:#selector(logout)];
[categoriesViewController.navigationItem setRightBarButtonItem:logoutButton];
[[self navigationController] pushViewController:categoriesViewController animated:YES];
So each view controller has this logout button in the navigation bar. When I push any of these controllers onto the navigation stack, the new view controllers loads as expected, everything is displayed and functions correctly, but right after the new view controller is displayed (after the animation finishes) the logout button shifts about 3px to the right.
I've tried adding the button before pushing the VC, in the init methods of the VC, in the viewDidLoad and viewDidAppear but still the same behavior. I can't seem to get rid of this shift.
What's strange is that the back button disappears and reappears when pushing the new VC (using the default animation) but the 'Logout' button seems to stay in place and just shift to the right after the animation finishes. Also, the font on the buttons is not the default font but one of the system fonts (Helvetica light), may be related to this.
Any ideas on why this is happening?
I had the same problem. It is because of your rootviewcontroller not being set. Set the main page or the first page where your first navigation bar would be originating as rootviewcontroller. From there [self.navcontroller] pushviewcontroller...].
Try calling
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = yourUIBarButtonItem;
Also what is your logout button, is it the correct class? Perhaps a little more code?