Create a subtitle in navigationbar

Question

In iOS you can create a title with:

self.navBar.title = @"";

where I set navBar in the header file.

Is there also something for the subTitle / Description?

I found description when I typed a . after self.navBar and thought maybe I could do something with this?

Description is on every NSObject. It returns the object description (members values, memory address etc.). — David Ansermot, Apr 14 '15 at 12:02
It will help you all existing scenario https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37409260/uilabel-text-truncation-vs-line-breaks-in-text — Shrikant Tanwade, Jun 28 '19 at 13:31

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '15 at 12:01

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Use the self.navBar.navigationItem.prompt = @"This is the subtitle";

It's from UIKit in the base UINavigationViewController.

answered Apr 14 '15 at 12:01

David Ansermot

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Is there a way to put it in the "normal" viewController? Since it worked for the normal title? – ComputerFreak Apr 14 '15 at 12:17
Do it like to do it for the the title but target the navigationItem. It's standard. – David Ansermot Apr 14 '15 at 12:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '18 at 15:09

Objective-C code for the solution

UILable *title = [[UILabel alloc]init];
UILabel *subtitle = [[UILabel alloc]init];

[title setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]];
[title setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[title setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:17]];
[title sizeToFit];
title.text = @"Title";

[subtitle setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[subtitle setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]];
[subtitle setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentCenter];
[subtitle sizeToFit];
subtitle.text = @"Subtitle Title";

UIStackView *stackVw = [[UIStackView alloc]initWithArrangedSubviews:@[title,subtitle]];
stackVw.distribution = UIStackViewDistributionEqualCentering;
stackVw.axis = UILayoutConstraintAxisVertical;
stackVw.alignment =UIStackViewAlignmentCenter;


[stackVw setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, MAX(title.frame.size.width, subtitle.frame.size.width), 35)];
self.navigationItem.titleView = stackVw;

Create a subtitle in navigationbar

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