Is it possible to add a title to the left side of the navigation bar? I know how I can add a title in the center but when I try to add one to the left side I see nothing. This is the code I have:
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem?.title = "Elapsed Time: 0:00"
Thank you for the help.
Try this code:
let leftItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Title",
style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.plain,
target: nil,
action: nil)
leftItem.isEnabled = false
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftItem
More powerful solution of this problem:
let longTitleLabel = UILabel()
longTitleLabel.text = "Long long long long long long title"
longTitleLabel.font = ................
longTitleLabel.sizeToFit()
let leftItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: longTitleLabel)
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftItem
Now you just can edit label as you want. You can use another font or text color.
navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = false
let titleLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: view.frame.width - 32, height: view.frame.height))
titleLabel.text = " Home"
titleLabel.textColor = UIColor.white
titleLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 20)
navigationItem.titleView = titleLabel
You could try creating a custom view, and then create a UIBarButtonItem with that custom view in it.
Custom view:
var button = UIButton(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 44, 44))
var label = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 44, 14)) // adjust as you see fit
label.text = "Label test"
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Left
button.addSubview(label)
// Add it to your left bar button
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItems = [barButtonNegativeSpacer, UIBarButtonItem(customView: button)