Question

I have a UINavigationController that I’m creating programatically:

 MessageTableViewController* homeStream = [[MessageTableViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"MessageTableViewController" bundle:nil];
          homeStream.fetchHomeStream = YES;
          homeStream.title = @"Home";
          UINavigationController* navBarController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:homeStream];
          navBarController.tabBarItem.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"hometab.png"];
          [homeStream release];

I have a custom UINavigationBar called STNavigationBar. How can I use STNavigationBar instead of the default UINavigationBar that is part of the UINavigationController?

Answer 1

I ended up using the iOS5 UIKit appearance proxy:

[[UINavigationBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"header"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

No subclassing, or categories needed.