'Swift renaming the back navigation item

I'm trying to edit the tile of the back item in the navigation controller.

I have this scene, Navigation Controller -> Table View Controller -> TableViewController.

In the second TableViewController I want to rename the the back item from "xxxx" to "Back".

Is there a way to do via the StoryBoard, or should I do it programmatically?

This is what I've tried but it does not work:

let backItem = UIBarButtonItem()
backItem.title = "Back"
navigationItem.backBarButtonItem? = backItem

navigationItem.backBarButtonItem?.title = "back"

both of them in the viewDidLoad()

Solution 1:^[1]

The backBarButtonItem works for the view controller that you are going back TO not the one you are going back FROM.

So, in your case in the first view controller you can have the code...

navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Some title", style: .done, target: nil, action: nil)

self.navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem?.title = "back"

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Solution	Source
Solution 1	Fogmeister
Solution 2	J A S K I E R