putting labels, buttons on the navigation bar iOS - ios

Question

I have created custom navigation controller,
I want to be added, a date at the left, a back button on the right and the title next to back button.
I tried to add one label, but it does not work. Please show me a way
UINavigationBar *naviBarObj = [[UINavigationBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 66)];
UILabel *navLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20,8,280,30)];
navLabel.text = #"My Text";
[self.navigationController.navigationBar addSubview:navLabel];
[self.view addSubview:naviBarObj];

Answer 1

UINavigationBar *naviBarObj = [[UINavigationBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1024, 66)];
UILabel *navLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200,8,200,30)];
navLabel.text = #"My Text";
navLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
[naviBarObj addSubview:navLabel];
[navLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[self.view addSubview:naviBarObj];
try this it will work .It works for me :)

Answer 2

add custom view in UIToolbar
UIToolbar *tools = [[UIToolbar alloc]
initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f,190.0f, 44.01f)];
tools.barStyle = -1; // clear background
NSMutableArray *buttons = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
UIBarButtonItem *bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:nil];
bi.width =10.0f;
[buttons addObject:bi];
[buttons addObject:add your view];
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:nil];
bi.width =10.0f;
[buttons addObject:bi];
[buttons addObject:add your view];
[tools setItems:buttons animated:NO];
UIBarButtonItem *buttons_ = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:tools];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = buttons_; //same to leftBarButtonItem

Answer 3

You can also achieve this from Interface Builder
1. First add a UIView which will look like following
2. Then add a UILabel inside the UIView which will look like following
3. In the Center It will look like following
Now add necessary constraint to meet your requirement.

Answer 4

You need to add navigation item to the navigation bar. One per each navigation level. So you should have at least one of them.
** update **
UINavigationItem * myNavItem = [[UINavigationItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Some title"];
/*
* add buttons and labels
*/
[self.navigationController.navigationBar pushNavigationItem:myNavItem animated:NO];

Answer 5

You need to change the titleView of the topItem. Like this:
naviBarObj.topItem.titleView = navLabel;
** update: Complete code (tested and working) **
UINavigationBar *naviBar = [[UINavigationBar alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(.0, .0, 320.0, 44.0)];
UINavigationItem *navItem = [[UINavigationItem alloc] init];
navItem.titleView = titleLbl;
[naviBar pushNavigationItem: navItem animated: NO];
[navItem release]; // you don't need this for ARC
[self.view addSubview: naviBar];
[naviBar release]; // you don't need this for ARC