Change the navigation bar font

Question

The question is simple and simple; unfortunately, the answer is no.

How can you change the font of the text in the UINavigationBar ?

Answer 1

From iOS 7 and later:

 NSShadow* shadow = [NSShadow new]; shadow.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0f, 1.0f); shadow.shadowColor = [UIColor redColor]; [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes: @{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName: [UIColor greenColor], NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:20.0f], NSShadowAttributeName: shadow }]; 

From iOS 5 and later:

  [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes: @{ UITextAttributeTextColor: [UIColor greenColor], UITextAttributeTextShadowColor: [UIColor redColor], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset: [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0.0f, 1.0f)], UITextAttributeFont: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:20.0f] }]; 

Earlier than iOS 5:

 UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 400, 44)]; label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20.0]; label.shadowColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.0 alpha:0.5]; label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter; label.textColor =[UIColor whiteColor]; label.text=self.title; self.navigationItem.titleView = label; [label release]; 

Answer 2

If you want to change the font in the interface itself (without any code), this is the way to do it in Xcode6:

1.) Locate the navigation bar view below the navigation controller scene

2.) Change the font attributes of the header, color, and shadow in the Attributes Inspector.

Answer 3

The above answer works. I would add the following line to the last line. If I do not, it seems that the label is not centered correctly if there is a back button on the left side but no right button.

 ... [self.navigationItem.titleView sizeToFit]; [label release]; // not needed if you are using ARC 

Answer 4

Updated for iOS 7:

 [[UINavigationBar appearance] setTitleTextAttributes: [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [UIColor colorWithRed:245.0/255.0 green:245.0/255.0 blue:245.0/255.0 alpha:1.0], NSForegroundColorAttributeName, shadow, NSShadowAttributeName, [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack" size:21.0], NSFontAttributeName, nil]]; 

Courtesy of:

http://www.appcoda.com/customize-navigation-status-bar-ios-7/

Answer 5

I don’t know why all the answers included a shadow. Adding lines that manipulate the shadow does nothing regarding changing the font of the text. These 2 lines of code will work for iOS 8.4 and Swift

 let attributesDictionary = [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "Helvetica Neue", size: 14)!] navigationController!.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = attributesDictionary 

The titleTextAttributes stores a dictionary that will determine the font, color, size, and other attributes of the title bar of the navigation bar.

Answer 6

As in iOS 5, you can use the appearance proxy.

The answer is in a duplicate of this question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/464829/

Answer 7

  NSShadow *shadow = [NSShadow new]; [shadow setShadowColor: [UIColor clearColor]]; [shadow setShadowOffset: CGSizeMake(0.0f, 1.0f)]; [self.navigationController.navigationBar setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: [UIFont fontWithName:@"TimeBurner" size:27.0f], NSFontAttributeName, [UIColor whiteColor], NSForegroundColorAttributeName, shadow, NSShadowAttributeName,nil]];