trying to programatically create rightBarButtonItem

Question

Hi,

This doesn't seem to be working. What am i doing wrong?

-(void)awakeFromNib{
UIBarButtonItem *rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd target:self action:@selector(showNewEventViewController)];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightBarButtonItem;
NSLog(@"awaked");
[rightBarButtonItem release];

}

Answer 1

I would normally put this code in the viewDidLoad method rather than the awakeFromNib method; I'm not sure if that's where your problem lies. What does "not working" mean?

Answer 2

The same problem. I'm trying to implement custom rightBarButtonItem for navigationBar. Here comes the code from my custom UINavigationController class:

-(void) viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self initUI];
}

- (void) initUI {   
    UIBarButtonItem *btnCancel = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Cancel" 
                                                                  style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered 
                                                                 target:self 
                                                                 action:@selector(dismiss)];    

    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = btnCancel;

    [btnCancel release];
}

You see, I've put rightBarButtonItem initialization into viewDidLoad, as it was advised above. But, unfortunately, I hardly can find any buttons on navigationBar. Where is my mistake?

Thanks