Remove back button text from inherited navigation bar Swift 3

Question

I want to know if its possible to remove the navigation bar back button text from an inherited navigation bar. Presently my navigation bar shows "< ControllerName". I want to simply show the "<" back icon. I would also like to know how to show "< Back", and how to remove it completely.

I understand I could do this by adding a bar button item to the storyboard, however is there an easier way to do it?

Note, this code does not work:

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title:"", style:.plain, target:nil, action:nil)

Please check this my answer : - http://stackoverflow.com/a/39368022/3515115 — Kamlesh Shingarakhiya, Sep 23 '16 at 04:52
Try this self.navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.title = " " — Sanjeet Verma, Sep 23 '16 at 05:00
When trying to set navigation bar button items in the storyboard do I need to embed the secondary controller into a navigation view controller? I cant seem to add bar button items to the view controller where the navigation bar is inferred. — toast, Sep 23 '16 at 06:11
Working solution: refer this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/48801613/3976183 — Kumar, Feb 15 '18 at 07:07

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '16 at 05:38

You better custom back button for this task.

but You also can do it in other ways. Ex: You have ViewController1, and ViewController2 (You push ViewController2 from ViewController1)

ViewController1

public class ViewController1: UIViewController {

    override public func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
        self.title = "viewcontroller1 title"
    }

}

ViewController2

class ViewController2: UIViewController {

    override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
        // get previous view controller and set title to "" or any things You want
        if let viewControllers = self.navigationController?.viewControllers {
            let previousVC: UIViewController? = viewControllers.count >= 2 ? viewControllers[viewControllers.count - 2] : nil; // get previous view
            previousVC?.title = "" // or previousVC?.title = "Back"
        }
    }

}

Thanks. this worked really well. I tried a few other examples, but none were as smooth in the transition between view controllers as this. — toast, Sep 23 '16 at 07:29
It replaces the back navigation button with text "Back", but it also changes the page title with "Back" text. Only Navigation button text should change and not the page title. ;( — NGR, May 01 '17 at 06:04
@NGR did U write code to change previous controller title? like in my answer ViewController1 code. — larva, May 02 '17 at 15:16

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '16 at 04:50

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I think this will work for you.

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = true

answered Sep 23 '16 at 04:50

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 27 '17 at 10:39

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Solution suggested by @Prashant will remove the back button from navigation bar. To remove the title, use following:

navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)

answered May 27 '17 at 10:39

Zohaib Ejaz

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Remove back button text from inherited navigation bar Swift 3

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