Xcode 6.4 - Navigation Bar not editable - xcode

Just to prove I'm not going mad here's my app working, complete with a Nav Bar.
But this is what it looks like in the Main.storyboard, no Nav Bar.
I have rectified this is the past by disconnecting the link from the TabBar controller and restablishing it. I want to be able to edit Nav Bar as I seem to have two back buttons. One comes up and < and the other as < Back, shown top.
What's the fix and have I created the View in the wrong order?
Many thanks.

Here's an image of where to go if you need a navigation bar in a View Controller.
If you need to add Bar Buttons, you can use a Navigation Item as well.

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First of all, when I run this, it won't scroll. What is the point of the scroll view if it won't scroll?
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First of all, when I run this, it won't scroll. What is the point of the scroll view if it won't scroll?
Scroll views won't scroll by default unless their contentSize exceeds their bounds. You can force it to scroll anyway by setting alwaysBounceVertical to YES.
Second, I can't figure out how the relationship between the navigation bar and the scroll view works. Is the scroll view behind the navigation bar? Is it below the navigation bar? In the story board, it looks like it is behind the bar, but when I run it, my text field is pushed down so far that it looks like it is behind it.
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I am building an iPhone app using Storyboard. I have a Navigation Controller as root view and off that a view controller. On this I have a few buttons that when clicked takes you to a table view controller. All fine and well, but when I link the buttons to their respective table views, the top navigation bar obscures the top cell in the table view controller.
Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Also it seems to have thrown off my layouts from the view controller from which they inherit.
See attached image for a better explanation perhaps.
I believe this is the intended behavior when using the translucent navigation bar. It's semi transparent specifically so that you can see items pass behind it (e.g. a table scrolling). If you don't want this, changing the navigation bar's style to opaque should solve the problem.
Since I wanted to keep the translucence, I just added a UIView between the navigation controller and the prototype cell (width of the view, height 60). That way the first cell in the table starts beneath the navigation bar but I can still see the scrolling underneath.
This is a bug/feature in IB when you use a translucent navigation bar, the content view runs under the navigation bar. For non transparent bars the content view begins after the bar. If your content view is a UIScrollView (UITableView is a descendent of UIScrollView) the content will be automatically scrolled so as to not be hidden under the navigation bar. So the problem only exist in IB when you run the app everything should be ok.
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Edit
Sorry for the confusion - I don't know if the proper way is to add to a Navigation Bar. I'm just asking for a general overview how such "top "bar" is made. What kind of View do such items belong under?
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I think you may be looking for the UISearchBar
UISearchBar Sample Code
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I'm building my iphone app.
I've got a problem. For every view without the Navigation bar and the Tab bar is pulled up of 20px.
So I have to place every elements 20px below the top edge.
In this screenshot http://ge.tt/4FG1fJ9 you see the Interface builder view, with 20px bar space at the top, and the result into the Simulator.
This solution works, but give me some problems, and it's not elegant.
I'm wondering why all this happens.
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Thanks
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This is a common problem that seems to rear it's head in different ways. The cause, though, usually has to do with poor coordination of the status bar.
I was able to reproduce the problem just now in a test app by adding a 'Status bar is initially hidden' line to my Info.plist and setting it to YES. The app looks fine in the main view, but if I push a new view controller and then set the status bar to display, the new view appears shifted down 20px. That is, the top of the view appears 20px below the bottom of the status bar.
I know that's not a terribly specific answer, but take a look at how you're hiding/showing the status bar in your app, and also how you have the simulated status bar in your .xib files set.

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