In IB I've put an View Controller with a Table View and a Navigation bar. Because I want to change the actions (and text) on the buttons when the table is being edited, I decided to create the button programatically.
In the implementation file, I've set up the button (copied from another post on Stackoverflow):
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.title = @"Title";
UIBarButtonItem *editButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Edit" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(EditTable:)];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = editButton;
}
But when I run this in the simulator, I don't see the button. Is this the right approach for my goal? Or what am I doing wrong?
Later, I also want to add a Back, Add and Done button.
You probably did not created iboutlet for that navigation bar. Self.navigationItem is a property which is available on any viewcontroller and is applied only if there is a navigationcontroller which manages your viewcontrollers stack. There is no relation to manually created navigationItems..
I assume that either outlet for that navigationbar or going to storyboard, click your viewcontroller and then Editor->Embed In->navigation controller will help you to achieve disered results.