Question

I have a usual editButtonItem in my navigationBar (created by the system), and I’d like to change its name. Si I wrote this lines in my TableViewController :

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [Some code...]

    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem;
    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem.title = @"New name";
}

That works, but when entering and exiting the Edit Mode, its system name is restored.
I tried to force it again in didEndEditingRowAtIndexPath for example, but with no success…

What should I do to fix this custom name without having to build the button from start by myself in the code ?

Answer 1

@Bojan’s method is close but very inefficient, since it gets called for every single row. Just change the title at the beginning on viewDidLoad and in addition do this:

- (void)setEditing:(BOOL)editing animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    // Make sure you call super first
    [super setEditing:editing animated:animated];

    if (editing)
    {
        self.editButtonItem.title = NSLocalizedString(@"Cancel", @"Cancel");
    }
    else
    {
        self.editButtonItem.title = NSLocalizedString(@"Edit", @"Edit");
    }
}