How to add a button to UINavigationBar?

Question

How to add a button to UINavigationBar programmatically?

Answer 1

The example below will display a button with a title "Contact" on the navigation bar on the right. Its action calls a method named "contact" from the viewcontroller. Without this line the right button is not visible.

    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Contact"
                                                                          style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(contact:)];;