I'm trying to figure out how to add a custom background image to NavigationBar buttons that use system icons, or image icons.
I've figured out how to add a background image to NavigationBar buttons with text, but I'm struggling to figure out how to accomplish this with icon buttons.
For the text buttons I followed this tutorial:
http://idevrecipes.com/2010/12/13/wooduinavigation/
How can I create custom buttons w/ icons?
Thanks!
u might get help with this
#implementation UINavigationBar (UINavigationBarCategory)
-(void)setBackgroundImage:(UIImage*)image{
if(!image) return;
UIImageView *aTabBarBackground = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:image];
// aTabBarBackground.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,self.frame.size.width,self.frame.size.height);
aTabBarBackground.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,self.frame.size.width * .6,self.frame.size.height);
// [self addSubview:aTabBarBackground];
// [self sendSubviewToBack:aTabBarBackground];
[self insertSubview: aTabBarBackground atIndex: 0];
[aTabBarBackground release];
}
#end
it works fine for me
also we hav another idea.
#implementation UINavigationBar (UINavigationBarCategory)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
// Drawing code
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed: #"navbar_background.png"];
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, self.frame.size.height), img.CGImage);
}
#end
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I'd like to change the background of my UINavigationBar to a [UIColor colorWithImage:], but it isn't working. What am I missing?
EDIT:
Once I've created my subclass, where do I set the UINavigationController to use it?
You can use the tintColor property to change the colour of a UINavigationBar, but to set an image as the background you'll have to provide your own UINavigationBar subclass and override the drawRect: method, for example:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
// Drawing code
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed: #"background-image.png"];
[img drawInRect:CGRectMake(0,
0,
self.frame.size.width,
self.frame.size.height)];
}
If you use Interface Builder to build your UI then to use the custom navigation bar, just select the UINavigationBar element in Interface Builder, open the Inspector and in the Identity tab specify your UINavigationBar subclass in the class field, like so:
To have an image in the navigation bar, you have to draw it yourself, which actually isn't that hard. Save this as UINavigationBar+CustomBackground.m (it adds a custom category to UINavigationBar):
#implementation UINavigationBar (CustomBackground)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"NavMain.png"];
[image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
}
#end
is there an easy way to change the background color of the navigation item on top of a view? I have a navigation based app and I only want that one view gets another background color. I created the views mainly with IB. I found the following solution (not tested):
float r=10;
float g=55;
float b=130;
float a=0;
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 120, 30)];
[label setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:r/255.f
green:g/255.f
blue:b/255.f
alpha:a/255.f];];
[self.navigationController.navigationBar.topItem setTitleView:label];
[label release];
Is there an easier way like
[navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundColor:blueColor]
Or can I do it with IB (but without having the same color in every view)?
Many thanks in advance!
Cheers
You could use:
[navigationController.navigationBar setTintColor:[UIColor redColor]; //Red as an example.
This would tint the color of the Navigation Bar and all it's Buttons to a specific color, in this case red. This property can also be set in Interface Builder.
And if you wanted to customize it further, you can set the background of the UINavigationBar to an image by sub-classing it. Like so…
Header File.
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface UINavigationBar (CustomImage)
#end
Implementaion File.
#import "CustomNavigationBar.h"
#implementation UINavigationBar (CustomImage)
- (void)drawLayer:(CALayer *)layer inContext:(CGContextRef)ctx
{
if([self isMemberOfClass: [UINavigationBar class]]){
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"bar.png"];
CGContextClip(ctx);
CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, 0, image.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, 1.0, -1.0);
CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height), image.CGImage);
}else{
[super drawLayer:layer inContext:ctx];
}
}
#end
Then in Interface Builder set the class of you UINavigationBar to (in this case) CustomNavigationBar under the Identity Tab.
Try this in Interface Builder on your UINavigationController.
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTintColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:107.0/256.0 green:145.0/256.0 blue:35.0/256.0 alpha:1.0]];
Will change the color of the navigation bar of whole app.
Just place it in Appdelegate's didFinishLauncing method.
You can use navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor;
#jerry
tint color is not supported to the RGB Coordinates
I use the following UITTabBar and UINavigationBar built-in code to place my own custom image on the background of Tabbar and Navigation bar. It works great in my iPhone 3.0 application. Now, i am trying to convert my iPhone 3.0 application to iOS4.0. I ran the same project in Xcode 3.2.3(for iOS 4.0) now but unable to view my custom Tabbar image in the background of Tabbar. I tried debugging it, but it is not calling to this function UITabbar at all, but the same time it calls UINavigationBar well and works. Is this function(UITabbar) not there (or) can't use in iOS 4.0?
#implementation UITabBar(CustomImage)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: #"Tabbar.png"];
[image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
}
#end
#implementation UINavigationBar (UINavigationBarCategory)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: #"NavigationImage.png"];
[image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
}
#end
Please advise.
Thank you.
I have resolved it by adding the code below:
[self.tabBarController.tabBar insertSubview:[ [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Tabbar.png"]] autorelease] atIndex:0];
Is there a way to add an image in the background of UINavigationBar. There is no direct option through interface builder but I have seen apps implemented this thing.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Create a UIView and add it as a subview.
Edit: You can now use setBackgroundImage:forBarMetrics:. Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7765102/313875
Use this code
UIImage *backgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"strip.png"];
[upnavbar setBackgroundImage:backgroundImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
this wil work.
Just add your background as a subview, as jrtc27 suggested and change the tint color according your needs.
You can also override the drawLayer:inContext: method in a UINavigationBar category class. Inside the drawLayer:inContext: method, you can draw the background image you want to use. You can also use different sized images for portrait and landscape orientations if you'd like to.
- (void) drawLayer:(CALayer *)layer inContext:(CGContextRef)context
{
if ([self isMemberOfClass:[UINavigationBar class]] == NO) {
return;
}
UIImage *image = (self.frame.size.width > 320) ?
[UINavigationBar bgImageLandscape] : [UINavigationBar bgImagePortrait];
CGContextClip(context);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, image.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height), image.CGImage);
}
And as a complete demo Xcode project on customizing the appearance of UINavigationBar this and this might be helpful.
I recently wrote an article about customization of background for UINavigatioBar and UIToolbar. You can find a code sample and categories for seamless integration of this functionality in your app by following link — http://leonov.co/2011/04/uinavigationbar-and-uitoolbar-customization-ultimate-solution/
You can also override the drawRect function.
#implementation UINavigationBar (UINavigationBarCustom)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"nav_bar_logo.png"];
[image drawInRect:rect];
}
#end
how do i show a background image on a navigation bar or give tint color to the navigation bar in a native iphone application??
For iOS5 use the following lines of code:
UINavigationBar *navBar = [[self navigationController] navigationBar];
UIImage *backgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"nav-bar-background-normal"];
[navBar setBackgroundImage:backgroundImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
For backward compatibility do a check to see if the navigation bar responds to setBackgroundImage:forBarMetrics:
More information on:
http://sebastiancelis.com/2009/12/21/adding-background-image-uinavigationbar/
This's how I did on iOS4:
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h> // For .layer
self.navigationController.navigationBar.layer.contents = (id)[UIImage imageNamed:#"navigationBarBackgroundImage"].CGImage;
self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
No need to switch subviews between z-orders (-exchangeSubviewAtIndex:withSubviewAtIndex:), both background image and tintColor set in one line of code, and works with #2x image too.
Was looking for this a week ago. Found this over here discussions. apple. com/thread.jspa?threadID=1649012&tstart=0 (sorry won't let me post a real link).
-(void)setBackgroundImage:(UIImage*)image withTag:(NSInteger)bgTag{
if(image == NULL){ //might be called with NULL argument
return;
}
UIImageView *aTabBarBackground = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:image];
aTabBarBackground.frame = CGRectMake(0,0,self.frame.size.width,self.frame.size.height);
aTabBarBackground.tag = bgTag;
[self addSubview:aTabBarBackground];
[self sendSubviewToBack:aTabBarBackground];
[aTabBarBackground release];
}
/* input: The tag you chose to identify the view */
-(void)resetBackground:(NSInteger)bgTag {
[self sendSubviewToBack:[self viewWithTag:bgTag]];
}
I made this as a category to UINavigationBar. To set it a background image for a UINavigationBar inside a UINavigationBarController, I did this:
[navigationControllerForChannels.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"top_bar.png"] withTag:48151623];
I've had some buginess when updating the tab bar, so you'll want to call
[self.navigationController.navigationBar resetBackground:48151623];
After any modifications to the bar.
You can override UINavigationBar drawRect. The code can be placed to appDelegate.m
I've tested it and it's working on 3x and 4x iOS.
#implementation UINavigationBar (UINavigationBarCategory)
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
UIColor *color = [UIColor blackColor]; //tint color
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed: #"navBarBg.png"]; // your image
[img drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
self.tintColor = color;
}#end
For the iOS5 and iOS6 I've used this solutions and it worked perfectly, Making a Universal UINavigationBar Background Image.
iPhone Retina Portrait 640px x 88px / iPhone Non-Retina Portrait 320px x 44px
Inside AppDelegate.m
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
Place this code
// Set the status bar to black color.
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarStyle:UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque animated:NO];
// Change #"menubar.png" to the file name of your image.
UIImage *navBar = [UIImage imageNamed:#"menubar.png"];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:navBar forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
Don't forget to change the image name (menubar.png)
Check out this link for the full answer http://www.lwxted.com/blog/2012/add-custom-background-image-uinavigationbar-ios-5/
a background image is going to take a bit more work (you might want to try setting a titleView that's the same size as the bar itself; I haven't tried this myself) or adding a view behind existing subviews. Tint color is easy: navBar.tintColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
If you use the CGImage solution, you may have a problem with image size:
CGRect layer=self.navigationController.navigationBar.frame;
layer.size.height=57.0;
layer.origin.y=0;
self.navigationController.navigationBar.frame=layer;
CGImageRef imageRef = [UIImage imageNamed:#"myImg.png"].CGImage;
self.navigationController.navigationBar.layer.contents = (id)imageRef;
It seems to me that the image is streched down, since the layer seems to have a height of 44.0 pixel, but a background image for the UINavigationBar should be at least 57.0.
If you try to move the layer's frame, all the buttons will move within it.