Multiline Navigationbar Title

Question

I am trying to set the title label in my navigation bar to allow multiple lines. I have custom navigation controller code that I am placing the multiline code into. I know t

Answer 1

Use this to get the label position exactly as you want it:

let labelWidth = navBar.bounds.width - 110

    let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x:(navBar.bounds.width/2) - (labelWidth/2), y:0, width:labelWidth, height:navBar.bounds.height))
    label.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
    label.numberOfLines = 0
    label.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 13.0)
    label.textAlignment = .center
    label.textColor = UIColor.black
    label.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping

    label.text = loadedName
    navBar.topItem?.title = nil
    navBar.addSubview(label)

the 110 value in the top line is the spacing you want either side of the label.

Answer 2

Here is a code example of how you can create a multiline navigationBar title

let label: UILabel = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 400, 50))
label.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
label.numberOfLines = 2
label.font = UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(16.0)
label.textAlignment = .Center
label.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
label.text = "This is a\nmultiline string for the navBar"
self.navigationItem.titleView = label

Swift 5.x:

let label = UILabel()
label.backgroundColor = .clear
label.numberOfLines = 2
label.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 16.0)
label.textAlignment = .center
label.textColor = .white
label.text = "This is a\nmultiline string for the navBar"
self.navigationItem.titleView = label

Answer 3

This is doable in a storyboard. Just drag a UIView into the Navigation bar, then drag a UILabel onto it in the document outline, set lines to 2 and alignment to center.