Changing navigation title programmatically - swift

Question

I have a navigation bar with a title.
When I double click the text to rename it, it actually says it's a navigation item, so it might be that.
I'm trying to change the text using code, like:
declare navigation bar as navagationbar here
button stuff {
navigationbar.text = "title"
}
That's not my code obviously, just showing how it would work.
So whenever I press the button, I want the title to change.

Answer 1

You change the title by changing the title of the view controller being displayed:
viewController.title = "some title"
Normally this is done in view did load on the view controller:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.title = "some title"
}
However, this only works if you have your view controller embedded in a UINavigationController. I highly recommend doing this instead of creating a navigation bar yourself. If you insist on creating a navigation bar yourself, you can change the title by doing:
navigationBar.topItem.title = "some title"

Answer 2

Try the following in viewDidLoad
self.navigationItem.title = "Your Title"

Answer 3

The code below works for me with Xcode 7:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.navigationItem.title = "Your Title"
}

Answer 4

I found this to work:
navigationItem.title = "Title"

Answer 5

Swift 5.1
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationItem.title = "What ever you want"
}

Answer 6

and also if you will try to create Navigation Bar manually this code will help you
func setNavBarToTheView() {
let navBar: UINavigationBar = UINavigationBar(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.view.frame.size.width, height: 64.0))
self.view.addSubview(navBar);
let navItem = UINavigationItem(title: "Camera");
let doneItem = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: UIBarButtonSystemItem.cancel, target: self, action: #selector(CameraViewController.onClickBack));
navItem.leftBarButtonItem = doneItem;
navBar.setItems([navItem], animated: true);
}

Answer 7

The correct answer for people using swift4 would be
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.navigationItem.title = "Your Text"
}

Answer 8

Normally, the best-practice is to set the title on the UIViewController. By doing this, the UINavigationItem is also set. Generally, this is better than programmatically allocating and initializing a UINavigationBar that's not linked to anything.
You miss out on some of the benefits and functionality that the UINavigationBar was designed for. Here is a link to the documentation that may help you. It discusses the different properties you can set on the actual bar and on a UINavigationItem.
Just keep in mind:
You lose back button functionality (unless you wire it yourself)
The built-in "drag from the left-hand side to swipe back" gesture is forfeited
UINavigationController's are your friends.

Answer 9

If you have a NavigationController embedded inside of a TabBarController see below:
super.tabBarController?.title = "foobar"
You can debug issues like this with debugger scripts. Try Chisel's pvc command to print every visible / hidden view on the hierarchy.

Answer 10

Swift 3
I created an outlet for the navigation title bar item that comes with the navigation bar (from the Object Browser) in the storyboard. Then I sued the line below:
navigationBarTitleItem.title = "Hello Bar"

Answer 11

If you wanted to change the title from a child view controller of a Page View Controller that's embedded in a navigation controller, it would look like this:
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
self.parent?.title = "some title"
}

Answer 12

If you have not created navigation bar in your view controller from storyboard this will work.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.title = "Title"
}
If you have created navigation bar in your view controller from storyboard this will be helpful.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationItem.title = "Title"
}

Answer 13

in viewDidLoad
navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.title = "Your Text"

Answer 14

This worked for me. Just connect an outlet to your nav bar and access the title through the topItem
navBar.topItem?.title = "Your Title Here"

Answer 15

In Swift 4:
Swift 4
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.title = "Your title"
}
I hope it helps, regards!

Answer 16

I prefer using self.navigationItem.title = "Your Title Here" over self.title = "Your Title Here" to provide title in the navigation bar since tab bar also uses self.title to alter its title. You should try the following code once.
Note: calling the super view lifecycle is necessary before you do any stuffs.
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
setupNavBar()
}
}
private func setupNavBar() {
self.navigationItem.title = "Your Title Here"
}

Answer 17

Swift 5.1
// Set NavigationBar Title Programmatically and Dynamic
Note :
First add NavigationControllerItem to Your ViewController then goto their ViewController.swift file and Just Copy and Paste this in viewDidLoad().
navigationItem.title = "Your Title Here"
e.g.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationItem.title = "Your Title Here"
}