uibarbuttonitem

How to get the embeded button of UIBarButtonItem

In an iPhone app,we can make a UIBarButtonItem by using the following code: UIBarButtonItem *bbix=[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAction target:nil action:nil]; the generated UIBarButtonItem has a system-provided "action" icon.My question is :how to get this UIBarButtonItem's inner UIButton an...

How to get the size (width) of a particular UIBarButtonItem?

Since a command like navigationController.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.width returns a zero, how can I get the size of the button? It is one of the preset UIBarButtonSystemItem's. ...

Pressing UIBarButtonItem on a NavigationController

Hey I've added a button the my navigation bar like so: UIBarButtonItem *anotherButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Edit" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(methodtocall:)]; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = anotherButton; [anotherButton release]; However when I press this I ge...

Setting Back Button Tittle in Navigation Controller problem

Hi, I'm trying to change Back Button tittle in a navigation controller in the following way: In the parent controller I put this in vieDidLoad: self.title = @"Calendars"; self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.title = @"Previous"; But this controller is in the stack since I initialized the app: -(void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:...

How can I restore the back button in UINavigationController?

I have created my own leftBarButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem* homeButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemBookmarks target:self a...

Change (not init) a UIBarButtonItem identifier programatically?

In IB I can set the identifier of a UIBarButtonItem to 'play' which adds an image of a play button (right-pointing triangle). Is there a way to change this image programatically? I want to change it to 'pause' when the play button is pressed. I know you can initialize a UIBarButtonItem with an identifier but I've yet to find a way to ...

Custom background/transparent background on UIBarButtonItem?

How is this effect achieved? Code snippets are highly welcome. This can be seen in Notes app and other apps on the App Store. It seem that either the buttons on the navigation controller are transparent and show the custom background of the navigation controller or that they themselves have a custom background applied to them. Any idea...

Customize UIBarbuttonitem with Background Images

Hi guys, I have added an instance of UIToolbar and buttons on top of it . Each button's belongs to the class of UIBarButtonItem. My Requirement is that each button has a customized layout , i dont want to use the native button styles provided by Apple. So i had 3 options in Interface Builder ( Plain , Bordered , Done ). I have selecte...

toggle custom image in a UIBarButtonItem

I've been breaking my head for the past two days searching and trying some of my own solutions. I placed a UIBarButtonItem through IB with an image in the top bar to act as a mute/unmute button . Everything works except the image doesn't change. I used the following code and it compiles but no change if( mute == YES ) { UIImage *unm...

iPad - multiple UIBarButtonItem

Hi, I have UINavigationController and I`ve placed UIListView in it. Now I want to add multiple BarButtons to left side of navigation bar. How is that possible? I managed to add one button there via code but not multiple. Edit: Buttons added via IB to NavigationBar of UINavigationController aren`t visible at all. What could cause the pr...

dismiss UIPopoverController (if visible) after tapping a UIBarButtonItem

I'm trying to dismiss any currently visible UIPopoverControllers if/when another UIBarButtonItem is tapped as seen on Pages for the iPad when tapping between Styles/Media/Tools etc. I've done this, but it's too specific. Looking for something generic. if ([popoverController isPopoverVisisble]) { [popoverController dismissPopoverAnimat...

Calling a method in a specific class

Hi I'm currently doing this to add a button to my navigation bar to call the SwitchViews method. UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Back to App" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered ...

Question regarding to iphone navigation bar

Good day everyone, currently I'm doing a simple project which uses the navigation controller default template. Now I'm done with my current XIB (navigation template), I have created second XIB and I have added a navigation controller on it. Let say: It is a hierarchy table view, first the user choose one of the option available on the ...

Inverting UIBarButtonItem "Play" for use as a Back Button?

Okay, simple enough. I'm coding up a simple web view, and I'm providing a few Safari-like controls for navigation. Play seems to be the obvious choice for the forward button, but I'd like to have a Back Button as well, as seen in several Apple and third party apps. Is there a way to invert the icon, so that it points backwards, or are...

Can we disabled the navigation controller of leftBarButtonItem that is back button of the view controller in iPhone?

Hi Guys, I want to disabled the default back button of navigation controller self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem.enabled = NO; self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem.enabled = NO;// not working how can we disabled here. I have done it with manually shown below, But Is there any property to disabled the default back button with just...

how to make UIBarButtonItem send new address to UIWebView

I have a uiwebview embedded within a navigation controller. I would like the ability to change the uiwebview by simply clicking a uibarbuttonitem. anyone have any idea how to do that? heres the method i have right now. -(void)action { if (item.link) { self.linkString = item.link; } NSString *urlAddress = @"%@/#comm...

Hide a UIBarButtonItem when in edit mode.

I have a UINavigationController with a UITableViewController which has and two UIBarButtonItems: - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd targ...

how to make UIBarButtonItem give menu-options

You know how if you click and hold on a link in safari (4 iphone obviously) it gives you of options like "open in new window", "Open". "Copy" etc? how do you call this and is it possible to get a UIBarButtonItem to do this (but every time it is clicked not just when held down)? Thanks ...

Add barButtons to navigationbar with modalView iphone

Hi all, In my application, I'm presenting a modalViewController with a navigationbar on the top of it, but I'm not able to add barbuttons to the navigatiobar. I'm using following code: EDIT: displayController = [[UIViewController alloc]initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil]; UINavigationController *cntrol = [[UINavigationController alloc] i...

Why does UIBarButtonItem not show the Image on Iphone 4

I'm trying to add a reload button to my navigation bar using this code - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; UIButton *butt = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom]; [butt setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"reload.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; [butt addTarget:self action:@selector(reloadNews) forControl...