Adding a segmented control to the center of UINavigationBar

Question

I am trying to add a UISegmentedControl to the middle of a UINavigationBar of only one view (not the entire view controller). How can I go about doing this?

Other answers I read only allow an entire view controller to contain a UINavigationItem as the title. I need it to show only on one view.

Answer 1

This code will help you.

UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:
                                            [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Add",@"Delete",
                                             nil]];
    segmentedControl.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 80, 30);
    segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
    [segmentedControl setWidth:35.0 forSegmentAtIndex:0];
    [segmentedControl setWidth:45.0 forSegmentAtIndex:1];

    [segmentedControl addTarget:self action:@selector(segmentAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
    segmentedControl.momentary = YES;

    UIBarButtonItem *segmentBarItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:segmentedControl];
    [segmentedControl release];

    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = segmentBarItem;
    [segmentBarItem release];

result of this code is

Edit:

Exact code that would work:

UISegmentedControl *segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:
                                            [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Add",@"Delete",
                                             nil]];
    segmentedControl.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 80, 30);
    segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
    [segmentedControl setWidth:35.0 forSegmentAtIndex:0];
    [segmentedControl setWidth:45.0 forSegmentAtIndex:1];

    [segmentedControl addTarget:self action:@selector(segmentAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
    segmentedControl.momentary = YES;

    self.navigationItem.titleView = segmentedControl;