I have looked at all of the similar/related questions, but none either a) are exactly my problem or 2) the solutions just don't work.
In my appDelegate.m I have in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
JCGRootNavigationController *rnc = [[JCGRootNavigationController alloc] init];
self.window.rootViewController = rnc;`
JCGRootNavigationController is a subclass of UINavigationController
@interface JCGRootNavigationController : UINavigationController`
In JCGRootNavigationController.m:
@implementation JCGRootNavigationController
-(instancetype) init {
self = [super init];
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
self.navigationItem.title = @"MY TITLE";
return self;
}
And the title just won't display. I see the Navigation Bar, but no title. Looks like lots of people over the years have had this same problem. Maybe a simple answer will help clear up all of the confusing. This is so incredibly frustrating.
When working with a Storyboard, setting the
title
of theUIViewController
orUITableViewController
does not seem to add that title to the Navigation Controller, as other answers suggest.Instead, find the
UINavigationItem
that is likely alongside your View Controller object in the Storyboard panel. Set this Navigation Item'stitle
to apply that title to the Navigation Controller.UINavigationController automatically shows the title of the UIViewController subclass it is displaying. It does so by looking at the navigationItem.title property of that UIViewController or UIViewController subclass. Basically UINavigationController doesn't have a title.
Thanks believesInSanta, While I cannot find this explicitly stated in apple documentation anywhere, I have to go with this being the answer. UINavigationController doesn't have a title.
To get the title to work, back in appDelegate.h I added:
Where JCGTableViewController is another subclass I added. As you can probably tell, it is a subclass of UITableViewController.
In JCGTableViewController I overrode init to:
While I used a tableViewController, I imagine you can add any view to the NavigationController and set the properties that way. I will play around with that today.
Thanks all!