How do I correctly set a UIViewController's navigationController title?

Question

I am trying the following code:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
 Thing *sub = [[subscriptions objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] retain];
 StoriesViewController *thing = [[StoriesViewController alloc] initWithThing:sub];
 thing.navigationController.title = sub.title;
 [self.navigationController pushViewController:thing animated:YES];
 [thing release];
 [sub release];

 [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

I thought this is how you correctly set the title for pushing the controller. I tried thing.title however that was setting the TabBarItem's title instead.

Answer 1

thing.navigationItem.title = sub.title;

or in StoriesViewController.m file in viewDidLoad method:

self.navigationItem.title = sub.title

Answer 2

It's possible you're pushing a UITabBarController instead of your regular view controller. In this case, the navigationItem will display the title of the current controller, the tab bar controller, even though you see another view. You would have to change the tab bar controller's title to change the text displayed above.

self.tabBarController.title = @"Your title";