Pushed viewcontroller not taking on title of previous one for back button

Question

I am having a weird issue with a pushed view controller not taking my previous view controller title and using it as the back button title.

Playing around with it to try to get it to work I got the below code working and the other not working. The self.team.name is a little longer then back but it always defaults to "Back". Any clue why one works and the other doesnt?

Doesnt Work

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    self.title = self.team.name;
}

Works

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    self.title = @"back";
}

possible duplicate of [How do I change the title of the "back" button on a Navigation Bar](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1449339/how-do-i-change-the-title-of-the-back-button-on-a-navigation-bar) — Aaron Brager, Sep 17 '14 at 15:52
Ive seen that but I am asking why the code works the way it does. — Mike Flynn, Sep 17 '14 at 15:55
This is new behavior in iOS 8. If the title of the back button would be too long, it simply says "Back". — rmaddy, Sep 17 '14 at 15:55
Post that as the answer then, but I dont have iOS 8 installed? — Mike Flynn, Sep 17 '14 at 15:56
This question is not already answered please dont close this. — Mike Flynn, Sep 17 '14 at 15:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '14 at 15:58

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As of iOS 7 (I mistakenly said iOS 8 in my comment), if the title of the back button would be too long, iOS automatically show the button title as "Back".

answered Sep 17 '14 at 15:58

rmaddy

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