Can't set titleView in Navigation bar center and scope of back button increased

Question

I am trying to push a view controller and set its navigation bar's title but it is not centered due to long title being used i guess. Along with that, scope of the back button is increased till the title view, i.e if I tap with with Milestone's "M", it gets back though it frame is the same.

Bounds of back button are the same but its click impact is elongated.

Below is the code for how I am pushing the view controller.

 MilestoneDetailsViewController *controller = [[MilestoneDetailsViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MilestoneDetailsViewController" bundle:nil];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];

and in the MilestoneDetailsViewController, i set the title as following:

self.title = NSLocalizedString(@"Milestone Details", nil);

best option is use your custom view instead of navigation bar — Himanshu Moradiya, Oct 21 '16 at 06:11

Umair Afzal · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-21T06:46:42.370

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Back button is picking its size according to the title of previous viewController. you can change it to a empty String for example, in your previous viewController from where you are pushing write this code.

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem =
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@""
        style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
       target:nil
       action:nil];

edited Oct 21 '16 at 06:46

answered Oct 21 '16 at 06:29

Umair Afzal

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I already tried this, still it has got the same behaviour, "Project Details" is the title of the previous controller though. – Zeeshan Anjum Oct 21 '16 at 06:40
Got the same behaviour wherever i put it. – Zeeshan Anjum Oct 21 '16 at 06:49
You have to change the backButton text from previous viewController not from the one which is currently presented. – Umair Afzal Oct 21 '16 at 06:50

Himanshu Moradiya · Answer 2 · 2016-10-21T07:00:10.310

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Try like this

UILabel* lbNavTitle = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,40,320,40)];
lbNavTitle.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
lbNavTitle.text = NSLocalizedString(@"Milestone Details!",@"");
self.title = lbNavTitle // here self.title is your navigation bar title

edited Oct 21 '16 at 07:00

answered Oct 21 '16 at 06:23

Himanshu Moradiya

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How is this any different from setting string directly ? Your piece of code is just picking the text lblNavTitle, not the alignment etc. – Zeeshan Anjum Oct 21 '16 at 06:56
@ZeeshanAnjum here i just create one label and i give that label alignment to your navigation bar title with alignment center – Himanshu Moradiya Oct 21 '16 at 07:00
@ZeeshanAnjum I believe that problem is not with the title, its with backButton size – Umair Afzal Oct 21 '16 at 07:43
@ZeeshanAnjum what is problem with your backbutton ? – Himanshu Moradiya Oct 21 '16 at 08:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '16 at 06:33

Try this

    UIView *tView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width - 160 ,44)];

UILabel *bartitleLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 4, tView.frame.size.width, 40)];
[bartitleLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[bartitleLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
[bartitleLabel setAdjustsFontSizeToFitWidth:YES];
[bartitleLabel setText:NSLocalizedString(@"Milestone Details!",@"")];
[self.navigationItem setTitle:@""];

[tView addSubview:bartitleLabel];
[tView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

[self.navigationItem setTitleView:tView];

Can't set titleView in Navigation bar center and scope of back button increased

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