iOS 11 navigation bar height customizing

Question

Now in iOS 11, the sizeThatFits method is not called from UINavigationBar subclasses. Changing the frame of UINavigationBar causes gli

Answer 1

Updated 07 Jan 2018

This code is support XCode 9.2, iOS 11.2

I had the same problem. Below is my solution. I assume that height size is 66.

Please choose my answer if it helps you.

Create CINavgationBar.swift

   import UIKit

@IBDesignable
class CINavigationBar: UINavigationBar {

    //set NavigationBar's height
    @IBInspectable var customHeight : CGFloat = 66

    override func sizeThatFits(_ size: CGSize) -> CGSize {

        return CGSize(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width, height: customHeight)

    }

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        print("It called")

        self.tintColor = .black
        self.backgroundColor = .red



        for subview in self.subviews {
            var stringFromClass = NSStringFromClass(subview.classForCoder)
            if stringFromClass.contains("UIBarBackground") {

                subview.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.frame.width, height: customHeight)

                subview.backgroundColor = .green
                subview.sizeToFit()
            }

            stringFromClass = NSStringFromClass(subview.classForCoder)

            //Can't set height of the UINavigationBarContentView
            if stringFromClass.contains("UINavigationBarContentView") {

                //Set Center Y
                let centerY = (customHeight - subview.frame.height) / 2.0
                subview.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: centerY, width: self.frame.width, height: subview.frame.height)
                subview.backgroundColor = .yellow
                subview.sizeToFit()

            }
        }


    }


}

Set Storyboard

Set Custom NavigationBar class

Add TestView + Set SafeArea

ViewController.swift

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    var navbar : UINavigationBar!

    @IBOutlet weak var testView: UIView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        //update NavigationBar's frame
        self.navigationController?.navigationBar.sizeToFit()
        print("NavigationBar Frame : \(String(describing: self.navigationController!.navigationBar.frame))")

    }

    //Hide Statusbar
    override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {

        return true
    }

    override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {

        super.viewDidAppear(false)

        //Important!
        if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {

            //Default NavigationBar Height is 44. Custom NavigationBar Height is 66. So We should set additionalSafeAreaInsets to 66-44 = 22
            self.additionalSafeAreaInsets.top = 22

        }

    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }


}

SecondViewController.swift

import UIKit

class SecondViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // Do any additional setup after loading the view.


        // Create BackButton
        var backButton: UIBarButtonItem!
        let backImage = imageFromText("Back", font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 16), maxWidth: 1000, color:UIColor.white)
        backButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: backImage, style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.plain, target: self, action: #selector(SecondViewController.back(_:)))

        self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton
        self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem?.setBackgroundVerticalPositionAdjustment(-10, for: UIBarMetrics.default)


    }
    override var prefersStatusBarHidden: Bool {

        return true
    }
    @objc func back(_ sender: UITabBarItem){

        self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)

    }


    //Helper Function : Get String CGSize
    func sizeOfAttributeString(_ str: NSAttributedString, maxWidth: CGFloat) -> CGSize {
        let size = str.boundingRect(with: CGSize(width: maxWidth, height: 1000), options:(NSStringDrawingOptions.usesLineFragmentOrigin), context:nil).size
        return size
    }


    //Helper Function : Convert String to UIImage
    func imageFromText(_ text:NSString, font:UIFont, maxWidth:CGFloat, color:UIColor) -> UIImage
    {
        let paragraph = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
        paragraph.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.byWordWrapping
        paragraph.alignment = .center // potentially this can be an input param too, but i guess in most use cases we want center align

        let attributedString = NSAttributedString(string: text as String, attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.font: font, NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: color, NSAttributedStringKey.paragraphStyle:paragraph])

        let size = sizeOfAttributeString(attributedString, maxWidth: maxWidth)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false , 0.0)
        attributedString.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image!
    }




    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }



}

Yellow is barbackgroundView. Black opacity is BarContentView.

And I removed BarContentView's backgroundColor.

That's It.