iPhone : making UIBarButtonItem that is arrow shaped

Question

I have a UIBarButtonItem on a navigation bar. I\'d like to make it arrow shaped. By that I mean I want it to be square except for a pointy side. Does anyone know how to do t

Answer 1

My problem was renaming the back button that appears on the pushed view controller. I found a dirty workaround and if you ignore the non-ideal animation problem, you'll get a back button with the title you want.

The trick is to change the title of the first VC in viewWillDisappear and re-set it of course in viewWillAppear

(Needless to say, by default, if there is no leftBarButtonItem set, UINavigationController will show a back button with the title of the VC that pushed the current VC)

In the VC where you push your current VC, do

-(void) viewWillDisappear:(BOOL) animated {
  [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
  self.title = @"Back";
}

-(void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL) animated {
  [super viewWillAppear:animated];
  self.title = @"Original Title";
}