I am trying to add a refresh button to the top bar of a navigation controller with no success. Here is the header: @interface PropertyViewController : UINavigationController { } Here is how I am trying to add it: - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil { if (self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]) { UIBarButtonItem *anotherButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Show" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(refreshPropertyList:)]; self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = anotherButton; } return self; }