How to Add Bar Items to a Navigation View in SwiftUI

Let’s walk through how to add bar items the easy way, and how to customize where they show up.

Adding Buttons to the Navigation Bar

Here’s a simple example that adds two buttons to the top-right corner of a navigation view.

Customizing Button Placement

Want to control exactly where your buttons go? Use ToolbarItem and set the .placement.

Here's how to add a back-style button on the leading side of the navigation bar:

This gives you more control and can help with readability, and design alignment.

Recap

• Use .toolbar to easily add items to your navigation view.
• Use ToolbarItem with .placement to control where things go.

Bar items are a small thing, but they make your app feel complete and native. 🎉