iOS - UINavigationController adding multiple right items?

Question

I have a UINavigationController. I'm trying to add multiple buttons on the right side of my navigationBar. How can I achieve this? What kind of button does it take? UIBarButton or UINavigationItem?

Answer 1

As of iOS5 you can assign an array of bar button items to the navigation item's rightBarButtonItems (note the plural) property.

Answer 2

I used JRTurtons answer in Xcode 4.5, iOS 6 and implemented it like this and it works:

// Two buttons at the right side of nav bar
UIBarButtonItem *addAttachButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd target:self action:@selector(addAttachmentClicked:)];
UIBarButtonItem *sendButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:LS(@"Send") style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:self action:@selector(sendClicked:)];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = @[addAttachButton,sendButton];

However, I should mention, that UIBarButtonSystemItemPageCurl doesn't work like that.

Answer 3

I am sure I read in the developer reference that additional buttons in the navigation bar is frowned upon. I cannot find that passage now. I have not done it myself, but found this link that seems to outline exactly what you need to do: (http://www.mattdipasquale.com/blog/2010/11/02/how-to-add-multiple-uibarbuttonitems-to-uinavigationbar/)

Have you considered using the toolbar property of the navigation controller?

Answer 4

adding any design to the navigation controller in XCode is easy.

add a UIView to your scene add the buttons you need to the UIView then drag and drop the UIView to the right space in the navigationController