Restore navigationBar background image after setting it to [UIImage new]

Question

I needed a completely transparent navigation bar for the mapView so I did this:

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage new] forBarM         


        

Answer 1

Set nil for image of navigation Controller on viewWillDisappear on map view

Set this two method in your mapview

MapView.m

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage new] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setShadowImage:[UIImage new]];
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:nil forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
    [self.navigationController.navigationBar setShadowImage:nil];
}

Answer 2

For Swift 3:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
  super.viewWillAppear(animated)

  self.navigationController?.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(), for: UIBarMetrics.default)
  self.navigationController?.navigationBar.shadowImage = UIImage()
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
  super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

  self.navigationController?.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(nil, for: UIBarMetrics.default)
  self.navigationController?.navigationBar.shadowImage = nil
}

Answer 3

by the way, you get get the original background image by using function

UIImageView *imageView = [self.navigationController.navigationBar
backgroundImageForBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

and store the image somewhere, then you use

[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:imageView 
forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

to set it back,but most time, set to nil will solve your problem.