Il giorno 09/dic/2009, alle ore 01.49, Luke the Hiesterman ha scritto:

>> 
>> So, just to understand, why can I do that through IB but not (legally) via 
>> code? The ability to choose a class for the navigation bar in a navigation 
>> controller should have been blocked in IB? 
>> 
>> You says about change Navigation Bar class to my subclass in IB "recommend 
>> avoiding even using this approach in IB", why? Should I read this in 
>> documentation or I would have inferred by readonly navigationBar property 
>> (because next time I would not ask the list similar question/problem)?
>> 
>> I started working with Cocoa Touch a few days ago and I will not only learn 
>> the techniques but also best practices, philosophy and so on...
> 
> Yes, the readonly is the key. Using IB to set the class of the navBar can be 
> thought of as a sort of work-around to the issue that a readonly property 
> isn't meant to be directly changed. Note, though, that you can safely modify 
> writeable properties of a readonly property. Example:
> 
> UINavigationController has a navigationBar property, which is readonly, so 
> you can't change it, but...
> UINavigationBar has a tintColor property which IS writeable, so while you 
> can't provide a different navigationBar, you can modify some properties of 
> the bar itself.
> 

Yes, I know, but no backgroundImage property :-) And Apple documentations says, 
for example: "It is permissible to modify the barStyle or translucent 
properties of the navigation bar but you must never change its frame,bounds, or 
alpha values directly." so very restrictive...

> Hope that helps, and I wish you the best writing great iPhone code!
> 

Many thanks for the tips and the good wishes

> Luke


Duccio
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