Adding a title to the left side of the navigation bar

Question

Is it possible to add a title to the left side of the navigation bar? I know how I can add a title in the center but when I try to add one to the left side I see nothing. This i

Answer 1

You could try creating a custom view, and then create a UIBarButtonItem with that custom view in it.

Custom view:

var button = UIButton(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 44, 44))
var label = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 44, 14)) // adjust as you see fit

label.text = "Label test"
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Left

button.addSubview(label)

// Add it to your left bar button

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = [barButtonNegativeSpacer, UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)