.h file: IBOutlet UIButton *myButton;
.m file: if(myButton.hidden == NO) [myButton setHidden:YES];

So one would expect the UIBarButtonItem to be the same right? Wrong! Why I hear you shout?… I don’t have a clue…

In case you don’t know or remember what the UIBarButtonItem its the buttons stored inside the footer/header button container.

Both "Your Account" and "Home" are UIBarButtonItems

The best solution for this I’ve found is the following:

.h file: IBOutlet UIBarButtonItem *myBarButton;

To hide .m file:
accountCloseButton.title = @”";
[ myBarButton setStyle:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain];
[ myBarButton setEnabled:FALSE];

To show .m file:
accountCloseButton.title = @”My Button”;
[myBarButton setStyle:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered];
[myBarButton setEnabled:TRUE];

If you know if there is a reason for this or know of a better solution please post!

Although I’ve been tinkering around with C and Objective-C in the past this is the first time I’ve been able to put it to use outside of my Systems Administration role! As this is my first iPhone app I really wanted it to be as feature rich as possible to show exactly what can be done and the best way for me to do this is to develop an application for UniScore (uniscore.unicorn-darts.com), giving you access to all the features that it currently supports with the vision to add (or bolt) on features as they get added to the framework (utilising XMLRPC services such as SOAP).

I will be adding a directory of my applications along with other work (that I’m allowed to publicise) and CV soon, so watch this space!