How to hide the “back” button in UINavigationController?

Question

Do you know how to hide the \'back\' button in a UINavigationController? Also, how to show it back, but I guess that\'s very similar to hiding it...

Just like the ma

Answer 1

The solution suggest by Zoran Simic didn't work for me for some reason.

This code did work however:

MyController* controller   =   [[MyController alloc]  init];
NSArray* array             =   [[[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:controller, nil] autorelease];

[self.navigationController setViewControllers:array animated:NO];

[controller release];

Obviously you'd have to manipulate an NSArray to your taste to make it work for you. Hope that helps somebody :)

Answer 2

This hides the back button and replaces it with an add button in Swift:

override func setEditing(_ editing: Bool, animated: Bool) {
    super.setEditing(editing, animated: animated)

    // This hides the back button while in editing mode, which makes room for an add item button
    self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(editing, animated: animated)

    if editing {
        // This adds the add item button
        let addButton = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .add, target: self, action: #selector(addTapped))
        // Use the animated setter for the left button so that add button fades in while the back button fades out
        self.navigationItem.setLeftBarButton(addButton, animated: animated)
        self.enableBackGesture(enabled: false)
    } else {
        // This removes the add item button
        self.navigationItem.setLeftBarButton(nil, animated: animated)
        self.enableBackGesture(enabled: true)
    }
}

func enableBackGesture(enabled: Bool) {
    // In addition to removing the back button and adding the add item button while in edit mode, the user can still exit to the previous screen with a left-to-right swipe gesture in iOS 7 and later. This code disables this action while in edit mode.
    if let navigationController = self.navigationController {
        if let interactivePopGestureRecognizer = navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer {
            interactivePopGestureRecognizer.isEnabled = enabled
        }
    }
}

Answer 3

In my UIViewController subclass I have this method:

-(void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setEditing:editing animated: animated];

    // hide back button in edit mode
    [self.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:editing animated:YES];
}

Answer 4

Swift iOS (I have used following)

// hide back button
        self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated: false)

// pgrm mark ----- ------

    // hide the back button for this view controller

    override func setEditing(editing: Bool, animated: Bool) {
        super.setEditing(editing, animated: animated)

        self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(editing, animated: animated)

    }// end setEditing

Answer 5

I just found out the answer, in a controller use this:

[self.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:YES animated:YES];

And to restore it:

[self.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:NO animated:YES];

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[UPDATE]

Swift 3.0:

self.navigationItem.setHidesBackButton(true, animated:true)

Answer 6

In my case I had few issues with current answers:

• inside viewDidLoad/viewWillAppear only back icon was hidden and the string "Back" was inactive but still visible
• inside viewDidAppear the back button disappeared...but I did not want the user to see it at all

So the solution that finally have worked for me is:

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];

    if (self) {
        [self.navigationItem setHidesBackButton:YES animated:NO];
    }

    return self;
}