Insert a image in UINavigationBar instead of text

Question

i have this piece of code which permits me to insert a title on the UIbar (if i'm not wrong) of the app.

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(ApplicationDidBecomeActive:) name:UIApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(goToAlbum) name:@"GetAlbumNotif" object:nil];
self.title = @"Events List";

Can you please give me an orientation to this? Thanks!

Do you want to add an image to the center of the navigationBar? Do you want to add a UIBarButton with an image inside? Please give some more information! — , Aug 23 '12 at 21:18
I need to add an image to the center of the navigation bar please! — Alb, Aug 23 '12 at 21:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '12 at 21:32

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UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourImage"]];
self.navigationItem.titleView = imageView;

answered Aug 23 '12 at 21:32

Now i may sound dumb but i have no other choice, it is supposed to work just by copy-pasting this code? am i suppose to declare anything else elsewhere? – Alb Aug 23 '12 at 21:35
just replace `self.title = @"Events List";` with my code and change it to the right image name. And you should start reading some of the Apple documentations before you ask to many questions here! – Aug 23 '12 at 21:39
Thank you, you're right i should start reading, i have indeed, but hey i tried this code, and it won't display the image there.. – Alb Aug 23 '12 at 21:45
there is something like a breakpoint, there is a button, a reload button on the bar.. – Alb Aug 23 '12 at 21:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

A UIBarButton is inside a NavigationBar. The easiest way is to add a UIBarButton to the NavigationBar in the Interface Builder. After that, you can alter the background with:

[barButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

You can change the appearance of a navigation bar if your deployment target is iOS 5.0 or higher with :

[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:

Or do the old fashion way with subclassing UINavigationBar and override drawInRect. How to do that can be found here: How to add background image on iphone Navigation bar?

Insert a image in UINavigationBar instead of text

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