How to add multiple controls in navigationbar? - iphone

Question

I want to insert one button and one label in my NavigationBar in iOS.
I have tried with UISegmentedControl and it works completely fine with one control!
Now the problem is I want to add multiple controls as i have said before How can I?
Look at my code
UIView *v;
[v insertSubview:listingsLabel atIndex:0];
[v insertSubview:shareBtn atIndex:1];
[v setFrame:[self.navigationController.toolbar bounds]];
self.navigationItem.titleView = v;
v.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 29);
and it gives me error of EXC_BAD_ACCESS

Answer 1

UIToolbar* tools = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 44.01)];
// create the array to hold the buttons, which then gets added to the toolbar
NSMutableArray* buttons = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:3];
// create a standard "add" button
UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:[NSArray array]];
[segmentedControl insertSegmentWithTitle:#"All" atIndex:0 animated:NO];
[segmentedControl insertSegmentWithTitle:#"Related" atIndex:1 animated:NO];
segmentedControl.selectedSegmentIndex = 0;
segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
[segmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(segmentedAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
// create a standard "add" button
UIBarButtonItem* bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView: segmentedControl];
bi.style = UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered;
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
// create a spacer
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace target:nil action:nil];
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
// create a standard "refresh" button
bi = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemSave target:self action:#selector(save:)];
bi.style = UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered;
[buttons addObject:bi];
[bi release];
// stick the buttons in the toolbar
[tools setItems:buttons animated:NO];
[buttons release];
// and put the toolbar in the nav bar
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:tools];
[tools release];

Answer 2

Because you don't init the UIView the right way, it crashes because the iPhone doesn't know what to do with
[v insertSubview:listingsLabel atIndex:0];
This is because v isn't an object yet. So change
UIView *v;
to
UIView *v = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 29)];
And release it here again (if not using arc)
self.navigationItem.titleView = v;
[v release];

Answer 3

The navigation bar on iPhone only supports only a left and right bar button item, and a title view. Only the (larger) navigation bar on iPad allows an arbitrary number of buttons.
If you're using a navigation bar without a navigation controller, I suppose you could just plop whatever you want onto it as subviews.

Answer 4

UIButton *btnBack = [[UIButton alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5,5,60,32)];
[btnBack setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"back_btn.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
btnBack.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[btnBack addTarget:self action:#selector(eventBack:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UILabel *lbl = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12, 2, 60,25)];
[lbl setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
lbl.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:12];
lbl.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12];
lbl.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
lbl.text =#" Back";
[btnBack addSubview:lbl];
[lbl release];
UIBarButtonItem *backBarBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:btnBack];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backBarBtn;
[btnBack release];
[backBarBtn release];
UILabel *lblTitle = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110, 0, 170, 40)];
lblTitle.text = #"ABC";
lblTitle.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
lblTitle.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
lblTitle.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
lblTitle.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:17];
lblTitle.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:17];
self.navigationItem.titleView = lblTitle;
[lblTitle release];