Bars and Items

MAF provides skinnable subclasses of native bar types: the MAFUIToolbar and the MAFUINavigationBar. You can populate the native bar controls with MAFUIBarButtonItem instances. All of these components extend their superclass with MAF styling capability using the MAFStyling protocol.

The default SAP style of the MAFUIToolbar and MAFUIBarButtonItem looks like this:
SAP Sytle Compatible MAFUIToolbar
SAP Sytle Compatible MAFUIToolbar
The default SAP style of the MAFUINavigationBar looks like this:
SAP Style Compatible MAFUINavigationBar
SAP Style Compatible MAFUINavigationBar
To present the MAFUIToolbar or MAFUINavitationBar, create an instance of the UINavigationController. To use the subclasses of the bar types capable of MAF styling, pass the classes when creating the instance:
/*
In AppDelegate.m or where we initialize the Navigation Controller.
*/
self.navigationController = [[[UINavigationController alloc] 
initWithNavigationBarClass:[MAFUINavigationBar class] 
toolbarClass:[MAFUIToolBar class]] autorelease];
/*
In the ViewController where we would like to use the ToolBar and the NavigationBar
*/

MAFUIBarButtonItem *item = [[[MAFUIBarButtonItem alloc] 
					initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"employee_grey_24.png"] 
					style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:nil] autorelease];
item.mafStyleName = @"UIBarButtonItem";

MAFUIBarButtonItem *item2 = [[[MAFUIBarButtonItem alloc] 
					initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"lead_grey_24.png"] 
					style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:nil] autorelease];
item2.mafStyleName = @"UIBarButtonItem";

UIBarButtonItem *flexibaleSpaceBarButton = [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] 
					initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace 
					target:nil action:nil] autorelease];

MAFUIBarButtonItem *item3 = [[[MAFUIBarButtonItem alloc] 
					initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"decline_24.png"] 
					style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:nil] autorelease];
item3.mafStyleName = @"plainBarButton";

MAFUIBarButtonItem *item4 = [[[MAFUIBarButtonItem alloc] 
					initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"accept_24.png"] 
					style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:nil] autorelease];
item4.mafStyleName = @"plainBarButton";

/*Create an array of Items*/
NSArray *toolbarItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:item, item2, flexibaleSpaceBarButton, item3, item4, nil];
/*Present array of Items on the tooblar*/
[self setToolbarItems:toolbarItems animated:YES];
/*Unhide toolbar of Navigation Controller*/
[self.navigationController setToolbarHidden:NO animated:YES];

// rightbutton to the navbar
MAFUIBarButtonItem *mafButton = [[MAFUIBarButtonItem alloc]
						initWithTitle:@"MAF"
						style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
						target:self
						action:nil];
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = mafButton;
[mafButton release];

MAFUIToolBar

To change the style of the MAFUIToolbar, define your custom style XML class:
<Style basedOn="ToolBar" Key="MyToolBar" platform="ios">
        <Setter Property="IosStyle" Value="UIBarStyleBlackOpaque"/>
        <Setter Property="TintColor" Value="#666666"/>
        <ShadowImage ImageSource="navBarShadow.png"/>
        <BackgroundImage Height="30"  ImageSource="surf_gradient_textured_44.png" Width="30"/>
    </Style>
To apply this style, set the key value to the mafStyleName property:
/*
In AppDelegate.m or where we initialize the Navigation Controller.
*/
[(MAFUIToolBar*)self.navigationController.toolbar setMafStyleName:@"UIToolBar"];
You can change these properties in the skinning XML:
ShadowImage The image used for the shadow. Available in iOS 6.0 and above.
IosStyle The iOS style for the toolbar. Possible values are UIBarStyleDefault, UIBarStyleBlack.
TintColor The tint color of the toolbar. Colors are defined as RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha).
BackgroundImage The image used for the background.

MAFUINavigationBar

To change the style of the MAFUINavigationBar, define your custom style XML class:
<Style basedOn="NavigationBar" Key="MyNavigationBar" platform="ios">
        <Setter Property="BarStyle" Value="1"/>
    </Style>
To apply this style, set the key value to the mafStyleName property:
/*
In AppDelegate.m or where we initialize the Navigation Controller.
*/

[(MAFUINavigationBar*)self.navigationController.navigationBar setMafStyleName:@"UINavigationBar"];
You can change these properties in the skinning XML:
TintColor Color of the control's background; can only be a solid color, no freestyle gradient. Colors are defined as RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha).
ShadowImage The image at the bottom of the control. Available in iOS 6.0 and above.
FontFamily The font family of the navigation bar’s text.
FontSize The font size of the navigation bar’s text.
TextColor The color of the navigation bar’s text.
BackgroundImage The background image of the control. Set this property only if you do not use TintColor.
BackgroundImageLanscapePhone The background image of the control for iPhone, landscape view. Set this property only if you do not use TintColor.
iosStyle The iOS style for the control.  Possible values: UIBarStyleDefault, UIBarStyleBlack.

MAFBarButtonItem

You can populate both of the bar types with MAFUIBarButtonItem instances. To change the style of an individual MAFUIBarButtonItem, define your custom style XML class:
<Style basedOn="BarButtonItem" Key="MyBarButtonItem" platform="ios">
        <Setter Property="iosStyle" Value="UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered"/>
    </Style>
To apply this style on the control, set the key value to the mafStyleName property:
[mafItem setMafStyleName:@"SampleBarButton"];
You can change these properties in the skinning XML:
Background Color of the control's background; can only be a solid color, no freestyle gradient. Colors are defined as RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha).
IosStyle The iOS style for the control. Possible values: UIBarButtonItemStylePlain, UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered, UIBarButtonItemStyleDone.
TintColor Color of the control's background; can only be a solid color, no freestyle gradient. Colors are defined as RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha).
BackgroundImage The background image of the control. Set this property only if you do not use TintColor.