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Asked: 2026-06-04T14:05:51+00:00

I am having back button and edit button on my navigation bar like below

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I am having back button and edit button on my navigation bar like below
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After clicking on the Edit button, I have

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My question : how can I disable click on back button when I am in edit mode so that user can not go back previous screen until he or she is done…..

What I am trying is

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.enabled   =   NO;

but the back button is still clickable

PS : The way I add back button to navigation bar is

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton             =   NO;

I can hide back button but I dont want that option…

Please advice me on this issue. Any comments are welcomed here.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The best solution would be to end edit mode when you are leaving the screen, maybe displaying a confirmation alert first (UIAlertView with two buttons “Ok” and “Cancel”).

    However, to answer the question – you would have to create a UIButton with the same appearance as a back button (using images). Create a UIBarButtonItem with this button as its custom view and use it in leftBarButtonItem (note that backBarButtonItem cannot have custom views).

    Then you would be able to set enabled to NO on that custom view.

    EDIT: I was wrong. UIBarButtonItem has enabled property. The problem with disabling the back button was there probably because you were disabling backBarButtonItem on the wrong navigationItem. The back button is always defined by the previous controller in the stack.

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