barButtonItem in UIToolBar of NavigationController not working in ios7

Question

I am trying to add BarButton in UIToolBar of NavigationController. I found on below code on stack over flow. But it is not working in ios7. If anything changed why it shows nothing on tool bar.

 [self.navigationController setToolbarHidden:NO];


 UIBarButtonItem *buttonItem = [[ UIBarButtonItem alloc ] initWithTitle: @"Select All"
                                            style: UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered
                                           target: self
                                           action: @selector(selectAll:) ];
  UIBarButtonItem *buttonNext = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithTitle:@"Next"     style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:@selector(goNext:)];
   self.toolbarItems = [ NSArray arrayWithObjects: buttonItem, buttonNext, nil ];

You need to add it to the view. [self.view addSubview:self.toolbarItems] — Sophy Swicz, Aug 13 '14 at 16:59
No need to add this to view. As this is default property of Navigation Controller. We only need to SetToolbarHidden Property to NO. My code is working now. By removing a function in my view controller. that overwrite self.toolbarItems = [ NSArray arrayWithObjects: buttonItem, buttonNext, nil ]; — Gagan Joshi, Aug 14 '14 at 08:27
The above code is working in ios7. it was my mistake. No working fine. — Gagan Joshi, Aug 14 '14 at 08:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 13 '14 at 12:35

//allocate the tool bar 
UIToolbar *toolBar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 416, 320, 44)];

//  create bar btns
UIBarButtonItem *back = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemRewind target:self action:@selector(Back)];

//set spacing
UIBarButtonItem *flexibleSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:self action:nil];

UIBarButtonItem *forward = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFastForward target:self action:@selector(Forward)];

// add btns to the bar
[toolBar setItems:[NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:back,flexibleSpace,forward, nil]];

// adds the toobar to the view
[self.view addSubview:toolBar];

Next time please properly format your codes and try to add some explanation to your answer. — modusCell, Aug 13 '14 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '14 at 08:24

I found the problem. Above code is correct. The reason why there is no button showing in the tool bar . i also have this function in my class. this is a empty function. so it overwrite the default self.toolbarItems = [ NSArray arrayWithObjects: buttonItem, buttonNext, nil ]; After Removing the below code. Its working Perfect Now.

 - (void)setToolbarItems:(NSArray *)toolbarItems animated:(BOOL)animated
 { 

 }

barButtonItem in UIToolBar of NavigationController not working in ios7

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