I just tried to create navigation based application via xcode 4.2 and all I found in the new window have nothing to do with navigation based application .. I found page based application which is the nearest thing to the navigation based application
but it created with the story board which I can't handle yet..
So is there a way to create the good old nav based app? and if not what the alternatives?
For Navigation only application, you have to chose single view application first. This will give only a view based application without navigationcontroller.
All you have to do is select the viewcontroller and goto menu
Editor -> Embed In -> Navigation Controller
This will give you a navigation based project to start work with.
as @Tommy Herbert said, you can choose master-detail application template where you can select more option like Core data. But this will name your first two VC as master-controller and detailcontroller which is not apt.