Question

I see a bunch of apps for iPad with really cool title bars. These seem to be a combination of a navigation bar and a toolbar. They usually have a back button and a title as well as men other buttons. And a navbar only supports a left item, a right item and and title view. And the toolbar does not really support back buttons or titles.

So how do I implement these rich navbars with many buttons on my UINavigationController driven application?

Answer 1

You can get this effect by putting a UIToolbar in your UINavigationItem like so:

self.navigationItem.title = @"My Title";    


UIToolbar *tb = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 44)];
tb.items = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:button1,button2,button3,nil];

UIBarButtonItem *tbItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:tb];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = tbItem;

[tbItem release];
[tb release];

source: this blog, via google.