UINavigationBar setItems example in Objective C (iOS).

UINavigationBar setItems

Replaces the navigation items currently managed by the navigation bar with the specified items.

- (void)setItems:(NSArray *)items animated:(BOOL)animated

Parameters of [UINavigationBar setItems]
items
The UINavigationItem objects to place in the stack. The front-to-back order of the items in this array represents the new bottom-to-top order of the items in the navigation stack. Thus, the last item added to the array becomes the top item of the navigation stack.
animated
If YES, animate the pushing or popping of the top stack item. If NO, replace the stack items without any animations.

Discussion of [UINavigationBar setItems]
You can use this method to update or replace the navigation items in the stack without pushing or popping each item explicitly. In addition, this method lets you update the stack without animating the changes, which might be appropriate at launch time when you want to restore the state of the navigation stack to some previous state.[UINavigationBar setItems]

If animations are enabled, this method decides which type of transition to perform based on whether the last item in the items array is already on the current navigation stack. If the item is currently on the stack, but is not the topmost item, this method uses a pop transition; if it is the topmost item, no transition is performed. If the item is not on the stack, this method uses a push transition. Only one transition is performed, but when that transition finishes, the entire contents of the stack are replaced with the new items. For example, if items A, B, and C are on the stack and you set items D, A, and B, this method uses a pop transition and the resulting stack contains the items D, A, and B.

UINavigationBar setItems example.

// This code is used for a custom navigation bar

UINavigationItem* newItem = [[UINavigationItem alloc] initWithTitle:@""];
[newItem setTitleView:segmentedControl];

// Assuming you already have a navigation bar called "navigationBar"
[navigationBar setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:newItem] animated:NO];

// No memory leaks please...
[newItem release];

Example of [UINavigationBar setItems].

[super viewDidLoad];
    _navBar = [[UINavigationBar alloc] init];
    [_navBar setFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,self.view.bounds.size.width,52)];
    [self.view addSubview:_navBar];
    UINavigationItem *navItem = [[UINavigationItem alloc]initWithTitle:@""];
    UIBarButtonItem *barButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAction target:self action:@selector(buttonSettingClicked)];
    [navItem setLeftBarButtonItem:barButton];

    [_navBar setItems:@[navItem]];

UINavigationBar setItems example.

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    UINavigationBar *navigationBar = [[UINavigationBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];
    navigationBar.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
    [navigationBar setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:[[UINavigationItem alloc]initWithTitle:@"Title"]]];
    navigationBar.topItem.titleView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
    [self.view addSubview:navigationBar];
}

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