Question

I have a navigationController-based app. I want to change the title of the back button for the root view controller. I have tried the following code in the rootViewController’s viewDidLoad method, but no success:

self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.title = @"Back";

Any ideas?

Answer 1

The title of the back button is either:

1. The title of the previous view controller
2. The name of the previous view controller’s navigation item back button

If you are setting the back button for the current view controller’s navigation item you are not setting the button that get’s displayed in the current view. You are in fact setting the back button that will be used if you push another view controller from it.