changing the text attributes of nav bar

Question

i want to change the appearance of the nav bar, and so far i was able to change the background image of the nav bars, and also with the color.

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:     (NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

//set the bg image of all nav bars
UIImage *navBackgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"navigationBackground.png"];
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:navBackgroundImage forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

return YES;

//customizing the title text of the nav bars
[[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes: [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                                       [UIColor colorWithRed:255.0/255.0 green:250.0/250.0 blue:240.0/240.0 alpha:1.0], UITextAttributeTextColor,
                                                       [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.8],UITextAttributeTextShadowColor,
                                                       [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0, 1)],
                                                       UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset,
                                                       [UIFont fontWithName:@"Heiti TC" size:21.0], UITextAttributeFont, nil]];

}

this is the code i used to achieve changing the nav bar bg image and the color. if you look into the 2nd UINavigationBar appearance statement, i try to set the font of the nav bar with
[UIFont fontWithName:@"Heiti TC" size:21.0]

but it wont change the font. btw i run this with iphone 6.1 simulator on xcode 4.6.2. im am sure that the font name is "Heiti TC".

have you tried this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10430298/how-to-set-font-color-of-the-title-in-uinavigationbar-using-ios5-appearance-ap — kap, Jun 07 '13 at 08:53

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '13 at 09:02

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Maybe it doesn't work because you

return YES;

before changing the font?

answered Jun 07 '13 at 09:02

Michał Ciuba

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wow , how did i not see that! you sir are correct, i dont know why i had my return before it but after changing my nav background image. Thank you!! – Bradley W Jun 07 '13 at 09:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '13 at 08:59

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Everything looks right. I have used similar code to achieve it as expected. Have you tried using the font Heiti TC Light or Heiti TC Medium?

answered Jun 07 '13 at 08:59

Adithya

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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The name supplied for the method fontWithName is not the same as the displayed family name of the font.

Try "STHeitiTC-Light" or "STHeitiTC-Medium" instead.

[UIFont fontWithName:@"STHeitiTC-Medium" size:21.0]

And put the

return YES

at the end of the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions.

PS: The answer here is quite helpful to find the font name to be used: Cant find custom font - iOS

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Jun 07 '13 at 08:59

Valent Richie

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tried both and still wont change the font. i also change my code to the one that @kap Suggested, which was the code that ray wenderlich wrote btw. – Bradley W Jun 07 '13 at 09:03
yes thank you! i had myn before it for some reason and it was after i changed the nav bg image. thank you verbumdei! – Bradley W Jun 07 '13 at 09:08

changing the text attributes of nav bar

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