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I have some weird trouble about iOS 7. I have an UINavigationBar in my app and it works perfect for iOS 6;

-- IOS 6 --

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However, when i try to run it on iOS 7, my back button disappeared. It's there, still working and clickable but not visible;

-- IOS 7 --

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How can I fix this problem ?

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Kemal Can Kaynak
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    You'd probably be better off asking this on the dev forums. iOS 7 is still under NDA, so just about everybody here will be hesitant to answer – Matt S. Sep 04 '13 at 15:15
  • Can you show us your iOS 6 code? Maybe we can help you without violating the iOS 7 NDA. – Tafkadasoh Sep 05 '13 at 11:26
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    check this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18824887/ios-7-custom-back-button – Mashhadi Sep 20 '13 at 09:56

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Setting BackButtonBackgroundImage via UIAppearance currently has some odd behavior in iOS 7. This is probably related to the updated design, which replaces the rect-style button with a backIndicatorImage (an arrow).

This leaves 3 options for customizing the back button's appearance:

  1. Change the color of the backIndicatorImage by setting the tintColor property on UINavigationBar (or one of its superclasses).

  2. Set the new backIndicatorImage property on UINavigationBar to a custom image. (don't forget to set the backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage as well or it won't work)

  3. Create a custom UIBarButtonItem and manually assign it as UINavigationItem's leftBarButtonItem. (See the answer mentioned above by Mashhadi)

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Wes Dearborn
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By the way, if you have to keep support ios 6 version like me, use that;

   if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) <= NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1)
        {
            // My iOS 6 back button background 
            self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:39.0f/255.0f green:184.0f/255.0f blue:199.0f/255.0f alpha:1.0];
        }
        else
        {
            self.navigationController.navigationBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        }
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I used Wes Dearborn's answer and implemented a nice way of supporting both iOS5+'s back button and iOS7's backIndicatorImage:

Back button strangely disappearing in UINavigationController but keeps working

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