I have some views that show up in a navigation controller. Two of these views have a longer title for the navigation bar.
The problem is that when the title is too
Swift version of Accepted Answer + putting the label text on center :
Swift 2.3:
self.title = "Your TiTle Text"
let tlabel = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 40))
tlabel.text = self.title
tlabel.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
tlabel.font = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(17) //UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size: 17.0)
tlabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
tlabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true
tlabel.textAlignment = .Center
self.navigationItem.titleView = tlabel
And Swift 3 :
self.title = "Your TiTle Text"
let frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 200, height: 40)
let tlabel = UILabel(frame: frame)
tlabel.text = self.title
tlabel.textColor = UIColor.white
tlabel.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 17) //UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size: 17.0)
tlabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
tlabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true
tlabel.textAlignment = .center
self.navigationItem.titleView = tlabel