UINavigationController how to set title

Question

I have a Controller/View for a generic list of items, that can be extended for displaying a custom list.. Listing and navigation works fine.. but I can't change the title of UINavigationController. In the generic Controller:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self.view addSubview: navigationController.view];
}
- (void)setNavigationTitle: (NSString *)title
{
    NSLog(@"set title: %@", title); // this works
    self.navigationController.title = title; // Nothing works here
}

Then, the extended class does..

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self setNavigationTitle: @"Custom list"];
}

The navigationBar still have "Item" as title :(

Did you solve this problem and can you tell me what should be done? — Tim, May 07 '11 at 15:19
the "accepted" (by @willcodejavaforfood)response solved this for me. — grilix, May 19 '11 at 13:11

score 63 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '10 at 12:22

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In your UIViewController there is a title property and it is that property that will be displayed by the NavigationController. So when pushing a new UIViewController onto the navigation stack set the title of that UIViewController to whatever is appropriate.

In your case it looks like it would be:

[self setTitle:@"WhateverTitle"];

answered Oct 18 '10 at 12:22

willcodejavaforfood

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the first view is not pushed: [self.view addSubview: navigationController.view]; i tried also: self.title = @"AAAA"; [self.view addSubview: navigationController.view]; and does not works – grilix Oct 18 '10 at 12:27
In the pushed views (when user selects an item), the title is changed correctly – grilix Oct 18 '10 at 12:36
I notice that you didn't set a rootViewController for navigation controller. The first view controller in navigationController is called rootViewController. You may set its title using self.title = @"xxx". – Chilly Zhong Oct 18 '10 at 15:03
my navigationbar does not have a "rootViewController" :? – grilix Oct 18 '10 at 15:14
self.title = @"Title"; is working – Tom Jan 19 '22 at 01:41

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 18 '16 at 15:37

For those looking for a Swift solution:

class CustomViewController: SuperViewController {
  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.title = "My Custom Title"
  }
}

The title needs to be set on the UIViewController and not on the UINavigationControllerembedding the view controller.

Documentation: UIViewController Class Reference: title Property

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 18 '10 at 12:22

5

use

self.title = @"yourTitle";

answered Oct 18 '10 at 12:22

Gyani

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I have now: NSLog(@"set title: %@", title); self.title = title; self.navigationItem.title = title; self.navigationController.title = title; // none of these works :/ – grilix Oct 18 '10 at 12:34
set title in - (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated method – Gyani Oct 18 '10 at 12:37

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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title = "whateverTitle". It's a UIViewController instance property ; invoke anytime.

From the documentation:

Declaration
var title: String? { get set }

Discussion
Set the title to a human-readable string that describes the view. If the view controller has a valid navigation item or tab-bar item, assigning a value to this property updates the title text of those objects.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 30 '17 at 18:44

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 16 '13 at 20:15

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I know its old thread but thought of sharing this Set the 'self.title' in 'init' method in UIVIewControler derived class, This worked for me!!

answered Apr 16 '13 at 20:15

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