Question

When I use self.title in any other place except viewDidLoad, nothing happens. I am trying to change the text of the navigation bar on my UIView.

I am trying to get the text off of a table cell when selected, and then make the title of the UITableView (which will show right after I touch the table cell) the text of the table cell. What is the easiest way to do this?

Answer 1

UINavigationItem‘s title inherits the value from the associated UIViewController‘s title, but it does this by copying the value at the time that it needs it. Once your navigation item has been added to a UINavigationBar, in order to change what it displays you need to modify the item itself, e.g. by assigning to self.navigationItem.title.