UIBarButtonItem remove Back Button Title - iOS 11

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    UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(0, -60), for:UIBarMetrics.default)

I use above to remove the backButtonTitle prior to iOS 11. But on iOS 11 that is not properly working. Arrow shifts bit downwards. How to fix this?

Edit: Other way by erasing Title can solve my problem but my concern is why that old way is not working anymore.

Possible duplicate of [UINavigationBar Hide back Button Text](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23853617/uinavigationbar-hide-back-button-text) — Luzo, Nov 12 '17 at 11:40
@Luzo I have to edit every VCs for that. I don't want to do it by that method. — Nitesh, Nov 12 '17 at 11:42
@Nitesh You can use common superclass. Or you can subclass `UINavigatonController` and make the magic happen there. Even if you had to edit every VC, it would be better than your original hacky solution. — Sulthan, Nov 12 '17 at 12:30

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '17 at 11:53

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The other way is to set UINavigationControllerDelegate for your navigationController and erase the title in its function.

class NoBackButtonTitleNavigationDelegate: UINavigationControllerDelegate {

    func navigationController(
        _ navigationController: UINavigationController,
        willShow viewController: UIViewController,
        animated: Bool
    ) {
        viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: " ", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
    }
}

answered Nov 12 '17 at 11:53

Luzo

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Best solution I have seen for that question. – Victor Camargo Dec 06 '17 at 18:47
It tells me that: Type 'NoBackButtonTitleNavigationDelegate' does not conform to protocol 'NSObjectProtocol' and then it adds a lot of Method stubs – Nico S. Jan 16 '18 at 15:27
Nico, all you have to do is implement the delegate for example: class ViewController: UIViewController, UINavigationControllerDelegate{ override func viewDidLoad(){ super.viewDidLoad() navigationController?.delegate = self } func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, willShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) { viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil) } } that shuld work – Sergio Trejo Jan 16 '18 at 16:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '17 at 12:27

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Use this code,

var newBackButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: UIImage(named: "back"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(self.back))
navigationItem?.leftBarButtonItem = newBackButton

answered Nov 12 '17 at 12:27

Maniganda saravanan

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leftBarButtonItem and backBarButtonItem don't have the same padding – nonolays Jan 19 '18 at 22:00

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 17 '18 at 08:53

Create Navigation controller class as below. Assign this "CustomNavViewController" to UINavigationController in your StoryBoard

class CustomNavViewController: UINavigationController,UINavigationControllerDelegate 
{


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    self.delegate = self
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}


func navigationController(
    _ navigationController: UINavigationController,
    willShow viewController: UIViewController,
    animated: Bool
    ) {
    viewController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: " ", style: .plain, target: nil, action: nil)
}

}

So, no need to do it in every viewControllers. At last remove below line from AppDelegate class if present,

UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(0, -60), for:UIBarMetrics.default)

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 06 '18 at 06:21

Instead of moving title vertically you can move horizontally. Also in case the title is long you can make its color transparent. Works just fine me:

let barButtonItemAppearance = UIBarButtonItem.appearance()
    barButtonItemAppearance.setTitleTextAttributes([NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: UIColor.clear], for: .normal)
    barButtonItemAppearance.setBackButtonTitlePositionAdjustment(UIOffsetMake(-200, 0), for:UIBarMetrics.default)

UIBarButtonItem remove Back Button Title - iOS 11

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