Setting UINavigationbar properties in viewDidLoad does nothing

Question

I've tried setting the style of the UINavigationbar to be a translucent style in the viewDidLoad method of my controller. But nothing is changed. Why?

I set the property using the standard code like

self.navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;

Answer 1

According to Apple documentation:

UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent is deprecated. Use UIBarStyleBlack and set the translucent property to YES instead.

Answer 2

just had the same issue - the apple doc is a little vague - here's the solution

navigationController.navigationBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;

navigationContoller.navigationBar.translucent = YES;

Answer 3

UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent
Deprecated. Use UIBarStyleBlack and set the translucent property to YES instead.
Available in iPhone OS 2.0 and later.
Declared in UIInterface.h.