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.
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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.
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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.
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New to Swift and Stack Overflow! Found similar post(s), though the answers were still not enough guidance for me to figure it out. So would really appreciate if a bit more detailed guidance can be provided.
I would like to create a tab bar with 5 tab items, with the middle tab item essentially a centre round add button similar to this:
Example
I have seen a post that seems to suggest that I don't need to use an actual button element, as I can just change the icon to white when the icon is selected, and create a circle in the background of the middle tab item...Except I'm so new to this that I cannot figure out how to do either. I've only managed to customise tab colors when the item is active or inactive.
Can anyone help please?
Sorry it's a basic question. Much appreciated for your input.
if you have whatever image you want to be your tab bar image in your assets, you can do this in the storyboard. You need to add a tab bar controller, and connect whatever views you want to be for each tab by holding down control from tab bar controller and choosing a view controller/nav controller and choosing the relationship segue (view controllers).
then clicking on that view controller you just made a tab, there should be a tab at the bottom. click on the tab image and in the right panel you can edit title and image. choose your image and you should be all set.
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'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.
I used the xcode4 xib file to design the following UI:
View
Table View
Toolbar
Bar Button Item
Segmented Control
Bar Button Item
Segmented Control
On the design sheet, both Table View and Toolbar show up; but when I run the app in simulator, the toolbar is not showing up.
I tried to make the table view invisible (as a test) and to bring the toolbar to the front. Still the toolbar does not show.
Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong, and what I should try next? Do I need to do init for the toolbar in the .m file?
Thanks much!
Lu
Have you set the the toolbarHidden property of your UINavigationControllerto NO ? You have to explicitly do this to show the toolbar as it is defaulty set to YES. If this isn't the issue, we need to see some code, especially your toolbar initialization and etc.
I have a UISearchBar which is subviewed by another view when a button is pressed. When it loads, it looks like the following (minus the red scribbles):
I would like to have the UISearchBar view be removed from the parent view controller when the tableView (the area with red scribbles) is clicked and is empty (no search has been made yet). I'm having a difficult time figuring out the best way to do this.
I have tried to put a transparent button in that section and add it as a subview to the search bar. However the button is underneath the tabl view area, so when the table view is clicked, the search bar loses focus and the uibutton is only then accessible.
Does anyone know how I can remove the search bar from the parent view controller when the empty table view below it is clicked?
Thanks.
To bring the transparent button up and make it catch all touched first, use [button.parentView bringSubViewToFront:button].
Another approach could be to catch the search bar losing focus (since you say you see that happening), by putting
– (void)searchBarTextDidEndEditing:(UISearchBar*)searchBar
in the search bar delegate, and handling it from there.