Disable/Enable back button from detail view

Question

How can I disable the back button from the detail view controller?

You can cover the Back button and intercept touches: [http://stackoverflow.com/a/14954425/236415](http://stackoverflow.com/a/14954425/236415) In a similar fashion, you could cover and hide the Back button using an image that matches a blank portion of the navigation bar. — Jeff, Mar 05 '13 at 10:21
This is not off topic, it's the first google result for how to disable the back button on iOS. — Adrian Macneil, Sep 18 '15 at 20:21

score 45 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '13 at 05:36

45

Depending on your configuration:

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

OR:

self.navigationController.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

Or, if you just want to disable the button without hiding it, you can use this.

self.navigationController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.enabled = NO;

edited Jul 01 '13 at 05:36

TheTiger

answered Aug 25 '12 at 15:04

Mick MacCallum

19

I realize this is very old, but I want to disable the button without hiding it. `self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton=NO` does indeed hide the back button, but `self.navigationController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.enabled=NO` does not disable the back button. (Neither does `self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.enabled=NO`) – ToddB Sep 24 '14 at 00:20
did the `self.navigationController.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem.enabled = NO;` ever work? – Daniel Fernandes Jun 14 '16 at 11:30

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 01 '13 at 05:36

15

You can use the UINavigationItem hidesBackButton to hide it:

self.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;

edited Jul 01 '13 at 05:36

TheTiger

answered Aug 25 '12 at 15:00

gsempe

4

I think `hidesBackButton` is a property of `UINavigationItem` rather than `UINavigationController` – elitalon Mar 19 '13 at 16:22

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