Individual UINavigationBars for each view

Question

I have a navigation view controller with root view controller where I set the look of the navigation bar. It looks like this:

UIImage *navBarImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"GreyUp.png"];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:navBarImage
                                       forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

This thing though, changes the navBar appearance for all the following view controllers, which I would not like. I would like one navBar for root view and another one - for a different view. How can this be achieved?

follow my answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13565962/how-to-programmetically-add-navigation-bar-and-back-button-on-it/13619760#13619760 — Rajneesh071, Jan 16 '13 at 11:58
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13488710/how-to-set-a-picture-programmatically-in-a-navbar/13488781#13488781 — Rajneesh071, Jan 16 '13 at 12:06

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '13 at 11:55

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Appearance means It is applying into all your app navBar so you can add this in to your all view controller

self.navigationController.navigationBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"GreyUp.png"]];

answered Jan 16 '13 at 11:55

Bhavesh Lathigara

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amar · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-16T12:22:02.403

Yes it can be achived use this in view will appear

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"navBar.png"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

// for cutom back button

UIButton*    btnBack= [Utils createButtonWithTarget:self selector:@selector(btnBackClicked) frame:CGRectMake(0,5, 100, 40) bgimageName:@"tab_back.png" tag:0];//My method use yours
        self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem=[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:btnBack];
      //use btnBack ref to change font title title color etc

My Utils class code to create button

+ (UIButton *)createButtonWithTarget:(id)target
                            selector:(SEL)selector
                               frame:(CGRect)frame
                         bgimageName:(NSString *)imageName
                                 tag:(NSInteger)aTag{
    UIButton *button = [[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom] retain];
    button.frame = frame;
    [button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:imageName] forState:UIControlStateNormal];   
    [button addTarget:target action:selector forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    // in case the parent view draws with a custom color or gradient, use a transparent color
    button.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    button.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = YES;
    button.tag = aTag;
    return [button autorelease];
}

Yeah, custom back button would be awesome! – Sergey Grischyov Jan 16 '13 at 11:59 — Sergey Grischyov, Jan 16 '13 at 11:59

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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You can set your navigationBar for different view

 [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"login.png"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

get button on navigation bar you can follow my answer

How to set a picture programmatically in a NavBar?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Jan 16 '13 at 12:02

Rajneesh071

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 16 '13 at 12:18

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In the viewWillAppear of rootViewController, customize your navigationBar.

In the viewWillDisAppear of rootViewController, do the changes which you want to display for rest of the navigation hierarchy..

answered Jan 16 '13 at 12:18

Apurv

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 18 '13 at 09:43

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set a background color for your navigation bar or use Appearance method. where ever you want to change the image of navigation bar in viewWillAppear

answered Jan 18 '13 at 09:43

Durga Vundavalli

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Individual UINavigationBars for each view

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