Question

I am creating an iPad application for ios 5 using arc and storyboard in xcode 4.3. I need to customize the UInavigationbar to make it broader than its usual size (almost double sized) and add to it some custom logos (images) and buttons. Can anyone pls point me in the correct direction on how this can be acheived? any third party libraries are also welcome if required.

Thanks in advance for your help on this one.

Answer 1

To start, you’ll want to subclass UINavigationBar. While it is possible to change the height, the UINavigationBar background isn’t going to play nicely, so you’ll probably want to use your own background image.

Here’s some information about resizing the navigation bar

Change the height of NavigationBar and UIBarButtonItem elements inside it in Cocoa Touch

iPhone – How set uinavigationbar height?

And another article on how to add the images and buttons as subviews.

http://www.iosdevnotes.com/2011/09/custom-uinavigationbars-techniques/