How do i create a navigationBar in UITableViewController in Swift?

Question

I am new to IOS,

I would like to add a UINavigationBar to UITableViewController, I have tried this:

var navBar: UINavigationBar = UINavigationBar(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width:320, height:80))

then,

self.view .addSubview(navBar)

Thanks

Answer 1

You can not simplly add a NavigationBar to UITableViewController like that.

The simplest way to have UINavigationController and NavigationBar is to do it from Storyboard.

Steps:-

1. Drag the UITableViewController Object from Object Library to the Storyboard.

2. Highlight the UITableViewController, go to Edit -> Embed In -> Navigation Controller like the screen shot below:-

3. Go to File -> New -> File.. -> iOS -> Cocoa Touch Class, and create a Custom TableViewController class like below screen shot:-

4. Finally, go back to storyboard and highlight the UITableViewController object. Under the identity inspector, choose the custom class that you have just created like the screen shot below:-

You may do whatever you want with the custom class file. You may also add a custom UINavigationController class as well if you want and you may attach the custom class to to the object inside the storyboard.

Answer 2

If this is merely the case of showing a modal UITableViewController with a navigation bar, the easiest way to do this from code is to present a UINavigationController with your UITableViewController as the rootViewController:

Presenting view controller:

let sourceSelectorTableViewController = SourceSelectorTableViewController()
let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: sourceSelectorTableViewController)

self.presentViewController(navigationController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Destination modal UITableViewController:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Cancel", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Plain, target: self, action: "cancel")
    self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Done", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.Done, target: self, action: "done")
    self.title = "Pick a Source"
}
func cancel() {
    self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}

func done() {
    //save things
    self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}