Hide UIBarButtonItem but not make is nil

Question

Is it possible to hide UIBarButtonItem (rightButton of navigationBar) but not making it nil? In my application I have a condition

if(self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem == nil)

which is really important. But hiding the barButton is equally important.

There is no Hidden property of *UIBarButtonItem:* so you have to nil it — Abhishek, Jul 02 '12 at 11:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '12 at 12:01

One thing you can do is use the initWithCustomView property of UIBarButtonItem. Set up a UIButton and use initWithCustomView and assign it to this button. UIButton has hiding and unhiding property.

UIButton*someButton=[UIButton UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
UIBarButtonItem*someBarButton=[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:someButton];

//To Hide/Unhide
[someButton setHidden:YES/NO];

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '12 at 12:09

You can hide your button by which you have made your barbutton ....

UIButton *button1=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button1 setFrame:CGRectMake(10.0, 2.0, 45.0, 40.0)];
[button1 addTarget:self action:@selector(showLeft:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button1 setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"anyImage.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
UIBarButtonItem *button = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithCustomView:button1];
self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = button;

[button1 setHidden:YES];

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 04 '17 at 14:36

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Please check my answer here to similar question. It's applicable here too.

It adds isHidden property to UIBarButtonItem.

answered Jun 04 '17 at 14:36

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