How to add a right button to a UINavigationController

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I am trying to add a refresh button to the top bar of a navigation controller with no success   Here is the header    interface PropertyViewController   UINavigationController        Here is how I am trying to add it   -  id initWithNibName  NSString   nibNameOrNil bundle  NSBundle   nibBundleOrNil       if  self    super initWithNibName nibNameOrNil bundle nibBundleOrNil             UIBarButtonItem  anotherButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle   Show  style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain                                           target self action  selector refreshPropertyList                   self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   anotherButton            return self

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It seems that some people  like me  may come here looking for how to add a navigation bar button in the Interface Builder  The answer below shows how to do it  Add a Navigation Controller to your Storyboard Select your View Controller and then in the Xcode menu choose Editor  gt  Embed In  gt  Navigation Controller   Alternatively  you could add a UINavigationBar from the Object Library  Add a Bar Button Item Drag a UIBarButtonItem from the Object Library to the top navigation bar   It should look like this   Set the Attributes You could double-click  quot Item quot  to change the text to something like  quot Refresh quot   but there is an actual icon for Refresh that you can use  Just select the Attributes Inspector for the UIBarButtonItem and for System Item choose Refresh   That will give you the default Refresh icon   Add an IB Action Control drag from the UIBarButtonItem to the View Controller to add an  IBAction  class ViewController  UIViewController         IBAction func refreshBarButtonItemTap sender  UIBarButtonItem                     print  quot How refreshing  quot                 That s it

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There is a default system button for  Refresh    -  void viewDidLoad        super viewDidLoad        UIBarButtonItem  refreshButton      UIBarButtonItem alloc                               initWithBarButtonSystemItem UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh                             target self action  selector refreshClicked    autorelease       self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   refreshButton      -  IBAction refreshClicked  id sender

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Swift 4    override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad        navigationItem leftBarButtonItem   UIBarButtonItem title   tap me   style   plain  target  self  action   selector onButtonTap       objc func onButtonTap         print  you tapped me

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You Can use this   Objective-C  UIBarButtonItem  rightSideOptionButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle   Right  style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector rightSideOptionButtonClicked               self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   rightSideOptionButton    Swift  let rightSideOptionButton   UIBarButtonItem   rightSideOptionButton title    Right  self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   rightSideOptionButton

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For swift 2    self title    Your Title   var homeButton   UIBarButtonItem   UIBarButtonItem title   LeftButtonTitle   style  UIBarButtonItemStyle Plain  target  self  action  Selector  yourMethod     var logButton   UIBarButtonItem   UIBarButtonItem title   RigthButtonTitle   style  UIBarButtonItemStyle Plain  target  self  action  Selector  yourMethod     self navigationItem leftBarButtonItem   homeButton self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   logButton

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UIView  view     UIView alloc initWithFrame CGRectMake 0  0  110  50    view backgroundColor    UIColor clearColor    UIButton  settingsButton     UIButton buttonWithType UIButtonTypeCustom    settingsButton setImage  UIImage imageNamed   settings icon png png   forState UIControlStateNormal    settingsButton addTarget self action  selector logOutClicked  forControlEvents UIControlEventTouchUpInside    settingsButton setFrame CGRectMake 40 5 32 32     view addSubview settingsButton    UIButton  filterButton     UIButton buttonWithType UIButtonTypeCustom    filterButton setImage  UIImage imageNamed   filter png   forState UIControlStateNormal    filterButton addTarget self action  selector openActionSheet  forControlEvents UIControlEventTouchUpInside    filterButton setFrame CGRectMake 80 5 32 32     view addSubview filterButton      self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithCustomView view

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Just copy and paste this Objective-C code   -  void viewDidLoad        super viewDidLoad          Do any additional setup after loading the view       self addRightBarButtonItem     -  void  addRightBarButtonItem       UIButton  btnAddContact    UIButton buttonWithType UIButtonTypeContactAdd        btnAddContact addTarget self action  selector addCustomerPressed   forControlEvents UIControlEventTouchUpInside       UIBarButtonItem  barButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithCustomView btnAddContact       self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   barButton      pragma mark - UIButton -  IBAction addCustomerPressed  id sender      Your right button pressed event

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Try adding the button to the navigationItem of the view controller that is going to be pushed onto this PropertyViewController class you have created   That is   MainViewController  vc     MainViewController alloc  initWithNibName   MainViewController  bundle nil   UIButton  infoButton    UIButton buttonWithType UIButtonTypeInfoLight    infoButton addTarget self action  selector showInfo  forControlEvents UIControlEventTouchUpInside   vc navigationItem rightBarButtonItem      UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithCustomView infoButton  autorelease    PropertyViewController  navController     PropertyViewController alloc  initWithRootViewController vc     Now  this infoButton that has been created programatically will show up in the navigation bar  The idea is that the navigation controller picks up its display information  title  buttons  etc  from the UIViewController that it is about to display  You don t actually add buttons and such directly to the UINavigationController

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You can try    self navigationBar topItem rightBarButtonItem   anotherButton

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Here is the solution in Swift  set options as needed    var optionButton   UIBarButtonItem   optionButton title    Settings    optionButton action   something  put your action here  self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   optionButton

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- void  viewWillAppear  BOOL animated        UIButton  btnRight    UIButton buttonWithType UIButtonTypeCustom        btnRight setFrame CGRectMake 0  0  30  44         btnRight setImage  UIImage imageNamed   image png   forState UIControlStateNormal        btnRight addTarget self action  selector saveData  forControlEvents UIControlEventTouchUpInside       UIBarButtonItem  barBtnRight     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithCustomView btnRight        barBtnRight setTintColor  UIColor whiteColor           self tabBarController  navigationItem  setRightBarButtonItem barBtnRight

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You should add your barButtonItem in -  void pushViewController  UIViewController   viewController animated  BOOL animated method

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UIBarButtonItem  rightBarButtonItem     UIBarButtonItem alloc initWithBarButtonSystemItem UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd target self action  selector add     self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   rightBarButtonItem

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Artilheiro   If its a navigationbased project  u can create BaseViewController  All other view will inherit this BaseView  In BaseView u can define generic methods to add right button or to change left button text   ex       interface BaseController   UIViewController            -  void  setBackButtonCaption  NSString   caption        void  setRightButtonCaption  NSString   caption selectot  SEL  selector        end      In BaseView M       void  setBackButtonCaption  NSString   caption       UIBarButtonItem  backButton    UIBarButtonItem alloc  init    backButton title  caption  self navigationItem backBarButtonItem   backButton   backButton release            -  void  setRightButtonCaption  NSString   caption selectot  SEL  selector        UIBarButtonItem  rightButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  init      rightButton title   caption   rightButton target  self    rightButton setAction selector    self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem  rightButton    rightButton release            And now in any custom view  implement this base view call the methods       interface LoginView   BaseController     In some method call base method as      SEL sel   selector switchToForgotPIN         super setRightButtonCaption   Forgot PIN  selectot sel

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This issue can occur if we delete the view controller or try to add new view controller inside the interface builder main storyboard   To fix this issue  it requires to add  Navigation Item  inside new view controller  Sometimes it happens that we create new view controller screen and it does not connect to  Navigation Item  automatically     Go to the main storyboard  Select that new view Controller   Go to the document outline  Check view Controller contents  If new view controller does not have a Navigation item then  copy Navigation item from previous View Controller and paste it into the new view controller  save and clean the project

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-  void viewWillAppear  BOOL animated            self setDetailViewNavigationBar         - void setDetailViewNavigationBar       self navigationController navigationBar tintColor    UIColor purpleColor        self setNavigationBarRightButton        self setNavigationBarBackButton         - void setNavigationBarBackButton   using custom button       UIBarButtonItem  leftButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle     Back   style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector onClickLeftButton                  self navigationItem leftBarButtonItem   leftButton        -  void onClickLeftButton  id sender       NSLog   onClickLeftButton              - void setNavigationBarRightButton      UIBarButtonItem  anotherButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle   Show  style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector onClickrighttButton               self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   anotherButton        -  void onClickrighttButton  id sender       NSLog   onClickrighttButton

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Also you are able to add multiple buttons using rightBarButtonItems  - void viewDidLoad       UIBarButtonItem  button1     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle   button 1  style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector YOUR METHOD1         UIBarButtonItem  button2     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle   button 2  style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector YOUR METHOD2          self navigationItem rightBarButtonItems     button1  button2

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self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem    UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithBarButtonSystemItem UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh target self action  selector refreshData          - void refreshData      progressHud   MBProgressHUD showHUDAddedTo self navigationController view animated YES        progressHud setLabelText                    self loadNetwork

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Why are you subclasses UINavigationController  There is no need to subclass it if all you need to do is add a button to it   Set up a hierarchy with a UINavigationController at the top  and then in your root view controller s viewDidLoad  method  set up the button and attach it to the navigation item by calling    self navigationItem  setRightBarButtonItem myBarButtonItem

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Try this It work for me   Navigation bar and also added background image to right button     UIBarButtonItem  Savebtn   UIBarButtonItem alloc initWithImage   UIImage      imageNamed   bt save png  imageWithRenderingMode UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysOriginal    style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector SaveButtonClicked     self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem Savebtn

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Try doing it in viewDidLoad  Generally you should defer anything you can until that point anyway  when a UIViewController is inited it still might be quite a while before it displays  no point in doing work early and tying up memory   -  void viewDidLoad      super viewDidLoad      UIBarButtonItem  anotherButton     UIBarButtonItem alloc  initWithTitle   Show  style UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target self action  selector refreshPropertyList                 self navigationItem rightBarButtonItem   anotherButton       exclude the following in ARC projects       anotherButton release       As to why it isn t working currently  I can t say with 100  certainty without seeing more code  but a lot of stuff happens between init and the view loading  and you may be doing something that causes the navigationItem to reset in between

[iphone] How to add a right button to a UINavigationController?

Add a Navigation Controller to your Storyboard

Add a Bar Button Item

Set the Attributes

Add an IB Action

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