Adding a title to the left side of the navigation bar

Question

Is it possible to add a title to the left side of the navigation bar? I know how I can add a title in the center but when I try to add one to the left side I see nothing. This is the code I have:

self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem?.title = "Elapsed Time: 0:00"

Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

Try this code:

let leftItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Title",
                                   style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.plain,
                                   target: nil,
                                   action: nil)
    leftItem.isEnabled = false
    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftItem

More powerful solution of this problem:

let longTitleLabel = UILabel()
    longTitleLabel.text = "Long long long long long long title"
    longTitleLabel.font = ................
    longTitleLabel.sizeToFit()

    let leftItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: longTitleLabel)
    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = leftItem

Now you just can edit label as you want. You can use another font or text color.