UINavigationBar Touch

Question

I would like to fire an event on touch when a user taps the title of the navigation bar of one of my views.

I\'m at a bit of a loss on whether I can access the view

Answer 1

None of the other answers worked well for me. Rather than add a gesture to an existing subview of the navigationBar, or replace the titleView, I simply added a clear UIView covering a good portion of the navigationBar...

- (void) setupNavbarGestureRecognizer {
    // recognise taps on navigation bar to hide
    UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(showHideNavbar)];
    gestureRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
    // create a view which covers most of the tap bar to
    // manage the gestures - if we use the navigation bar
    // it interferes with the nav buttons
    CGRect frame = CGRectMake(self.view.frame.size.width/4, 0, self.view.frame.size.width/2, 44);
    UIView *navBarTapView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar addSubview:navBarTapView];
    navBarTapView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    [navBarTapView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
    [navBarTapView addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];
}