Question

I have been trying to create a navigation bar back button.

Here is my code :-

UIBarButtonItem *barButton = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Done" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:nil]autorelease];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = barButton;

But it isn’t displaying anything on navigation bar.

I am using UIViewController, not an UINavigationController.

Is UINavigationController is the only way to achieve this?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Any link to a good tutorial will be great.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Without the viewcontroller having a navigation controller (i.e viewController.navigationController != nil) you cannot add it in this manner.

One thing you can do is if it is being created by the nib is to just drag a bar button item into a navigation bar and link it via IBAction.