How to hide navigation bar back button

Question

My question is simple, How to hide back button in navigation bar? I see similar question here in stack overflow but

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

not working for me. I am using below code because RootViewController is my Singleton class.

Thanks

i still use both in viewDidLoad but both are not working

[RootViewController sharedFirstViewController].navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

[RootViewController sharedFirstViewController].navigationItem.backBarButtonItem=nil;

hide the button? or the navigation bar? – Bazinga Jul 03 '12 at 05:35 — Bazinga, Jul 03 '12 at 05:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '12 at 05:10

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Try self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.hidden = YES; or self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = nil;

Place one of these either in viewWillAppear:, viewWillLoad or viewDidAppear: of the class you want to get rid of the back button in.

answered Jul 03 '12 at 05:10

WrightsCS

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '12 at 05:20

I suggest doing this before the view appears on the screen. You probably dont want to see the bar and then have it disappear.

So you should call:

- (void) viewDidLoad {
   //Check to see if the Nav har is hidden, and then hide it
   if (!self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.hidden) {
      self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.hidden = YES;
   }
   else { 
      NSLog(@"back button already hidden");
   }
}

Note that you can also do this with the whole nav bar completely, if you're trying to free up screen space.

Property 'hidden' not found on object of type 'UIBarButtonItem ' give in error. — P.J.Radadiya, Jan 18 '17 at 06:36

How to hide navigation bar back button

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