How to show titles for UIToolBar items

Question

Is there a standard way to enable showing title to toolbar items in UIToolBar? UIBarButtonItem has properties for both image and title, but when I set them, only image appears. Is there a way to present also a title (similarly to standard Phone application in iOS)?

My code:

let settings = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "settingsEmpty").withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate), style: .plain, target: self, action: nil)
settings.title = "Settings"
toolbarItems = [settings]

What standard iOS application do you see both a title and image on a toolbar? Are you sure you are not confusing the toolbar with a tab bar? — rmaddy, Aug 21 '17 at 19:13
well.. yeah.. you are right, I want a toolbar that looks like a toolbar — Milan Nosáľ, Aug 21 '17 at 19:14
Huh? You want a toolbar that looks like a toolbar? Do you mean you want a toolbar that looks like a tab bar? — rmaddy, Aug 21 '17 at 19:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '17 at 19:24

No that is not available in the standard control, you can only show image or title. You must make a custom control that does that - for the UIBarButtonItem you can set the customView (and as toolbar might turn out to be too small you might need to customize its height too). The purpose of the title is to be shown if there is no image, or to be read to users that use VoiceOver to navigate the app.

How to show titles for UIToolBar items

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