Set the title of Navigation Bar created in Interface Builder

Question

I have a modal view controller whose view comes from a XIB. I want it to have the same look and feel as the rest of my navigation based app, but it\'s not a view that\'s pu

Answer 1

viewcontroller.h file in create iboutlet of the navigation item

     @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UINavigationItem *navigationBarTitle;

- Named it "navigationBarTitle"

in viewcontroller.m file in add the code in super viewDidLoad

      self.navigationBarTitle.title = @"Favorites";

connect the storybord in navigation bar item to navigationBarTitle.

Answer 2

UINavigationBar's manage a stack of UINavigationItems much like a UINavigationController manager a stack of UIViewControllers. To set what is visible directly, you should use either pushNavigationItem:animated: or setItems:animated: using the navigationItem of the view controller you want the bar to reflect.

eg:

self.navigationItem.title = @"A custom title";
[self.navigationBar pushNavigationItem:self.navigationItem animated:NO];

The above code where you have a property navigationBar which references the stand-alone navigation bar.

If you don't want to manage it yourself, you can do as mplappert suggested and nest your view controller (without a stand-alone UINavigationBar) in a UINavigationController and present the navigation controller modally instead of your view controller.