I'm trying to create a back button on my navigation bar in x code. However when I drag it across from the objects library to the navigation bar in the storyboard it doesn't come up.
OK So this is crazy but...
Click on the navigation bar and in the attributes inspector, Just Type something in the field marked Back Button. Then in the scene hierarchy you'll see the button, though it won't yet appear on your navbar. In the hierarchy, drag the button onto the Navigation Item and viola it appears. Now to make second one, hold option and copy the first one. If you try to add one from the object browser, you'll lose the first one.
If done properly, the first will show up on the right and the second on the left.
Good luck.
This happens when the navigation is not set up correctly, as dbajkovic mentioned, if you do not have a navigationcontroller, it will not work. Your scoreboard should look like this:
You can not add the button to the left, only to the right.
#Jonathan Thompson: I came across your post and since I just learnt something new, I am going to add it as a response to your question.
There are two separate buttons - Back button and Bar Button. Back button has a reverse (right to left) pointing arrow and a Bar button is a regular rectangular button. The following describes how your could implement them in your program:
Back button:
On the root view controller, ctrl + click on button and drag it to the view controller you are trying to connect it to. When you are given an option to select from, choose Push, not modal. This will automatically add a back button on the next view controller. (Run the program to confirm it.)
Bar Button: (Credit: dbrajkovic)
For adding the bar button, click on navigation bar of the navigationViewController you are interested in. Under Attributes inspector, type some name in Back Button and hit enter to confirm. Open document outline and locate the viewController you were working on. On the left side of Navigation Item locate the disclosure triangle. Click on the Bar Button Item. Ctrl + click + drag the button to the navigation bar of that viewController. You can choose whether to place it on the left / right side.
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I have the following in my storyboard and would like to add a button at the top of the TableView that allows me to add Members.
The scenario, a user is presented with the first screen which displays 'User Profile' and 'Members'. When 'Members' is touched the next screen is displayed that shows a list of Members and at the top is a button that says '< Settings' whcih allows the user to go back one screen.
I am trying to display a 'Add' button at the top when the list of Members is displayed.
Hope that makes sense!! I was hoping to not have to Embed the TableView in another Nav Controller.
Thanks for any help!!!!
You can add a button into the navigation bar, but first, you need to have a navigation bar.
To do this, you need to select your scene in the Storyboard and then go to the the Editor menu and select Embed In:Navigation Controller.
Once this is done, you can drag in a Navigation Item from the panel on the right.
Then you can add that to your class as an IBOutlet and declare an IBAction for it.
Cool?
Also, I think that your storyboard file might not be set up right.
Check out Apple's Simple Drill Down sample file available here:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/SimpleDrillDown/Introduction/Intro.html
Cheers.
I can do this programmatically but I don't prefer it that way. There's got to be some work-around for this. This is what my initial screen looks like:
To the toolbar, I dragged on a Bar Button Item and it fell into its proper place. Then i need a Text Field beside that. I dragged that from the library and dropped it beside the Bar Button item, and this is what I get:
What am I missing here?
I have a navigation bar in my app. The below pictures are in the order of navigation.
Problem I have is, on clicking the "Main" button , I am able to perform the action and goto the required screen , but the navigation bar does not look like the first on (with Menu as left button). Instead it look like 4th image. How to make it look like first image so that I can make the user to navigate to "Menu" screen by clicking menu button ?. Thanks for the help …!!!
If I'm understanding this correctly, you may have pushed the first view controller (The one from screenshot 1) when clicking on main which is why you see "lens" in the back button. That back button takes the title of the previous view controller in the stack. What you want to do is pop to the first view controller when they click on Main using either popToRootViewController or popToViewController:animated
I have added add(+ symbol button) button to my navigation controller.
When I click it a view appears from bottom. I added a navigation bar and two buttons to it.
One save and one cancel button. And the view have one textEdit box. After editing I can save or cancel. If I touch cancel I need the view to disappear like it should go down again.
I think all iPhone , iPodTouch users use it. Like when they touch Add item then a view appears from bottom and when they cancel it goes down again. How can I make in this way in my application.
Maybe you're talking about a UIActionSheet?!?
http://developer.apple.com/IPhone/library/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIActionSheet_Class/Reference/Reference.html
In Interface builder, create a UIView, then a UINavigationBar and then attempt to add multiple UIBarButtomItems to that Navigation Bar. The resulting hierarchy should be:
- View
- Navigation Bar
- Navigation Item (Title)
- Bar Button Item
- Bar Buttom Item
I can never seem to add the second Bar Button Item. I know it is possible because the Utility Application Template in XCode has it. If I copy and past that Navigation Bar to my XIB it works fine. I am looking to create a NavigationBar with left, right button and middle text.
UPDATE
Another test is to try and add a Bar Buttom Item to the left position. Can't seem to do it for me at least.
What am I missing here?
I have no problem doing this in 3.2 beta 2. Just make sure to drag it to the left or right side. A blue outline will appear where the button will be placed.
Edit:
I've managed to reproduce what you're talking about. When I did it successfully, I dragged the item to the "pretty picture", the graphical representation of the view. When I tried dragging it into the view hierarchy, I ran into your problem. Have you tried dragging the button to the actual Navigation Bar? I hope this is clear, I'm not really sure what to call this window.