Can I set image as a title to UINavigationBar?

Question

Is it possible to set some image as title of Navigation bar?

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Answer 1

ios5.0 introduced a heap of features to customise the appearance of standard elements. If you didn't want to use an ImageView for the title, an alternative would be to customise the appearance of all UINavbars using a background image and a custom font/colour.

- (void) customiseMyNav
{
    // Create resizable images
    UIImage *portraitImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"nav_bar_bg_portrait"] 
        resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];
    UIImage *landscapeImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"nav_bar_bg_landscape"] 
        resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)];

    // Set the background image
    [[UINavigationBar appearance]  setBackgroundImage:portraitImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [[UINavigationBar appearance]  setBackgroundImage:landscapeImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsLandscapePhone];

    // set the title appearance
    [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes:
        [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            [UIColor colorWithRed:50.0/255.0 green:150.0/255.0 blue:100/255.0 alpha:1.0], 
            UITextAttributeTextColor, 
            [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.6], 
            UITextAttributeTextShadowColor, 
            [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0, -1)], 
            UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset, 
            [UIFont fontWithName:@"Arial-Bold" size:0.0], 
            UITextAttributeFont, 
            nil]];
}