How to set the title of UIToolBar?

This is what I use to present a title on a toolbar that will not highlight when pressed:

#define UIColorFromRGB(rgbValue) [UIColor \
colorWithRed:((float)((rgbValue & 0xFF0000) >> 16))/255.0 \
green:((float)((rgbValue & 0xFF00) >> 8))/255.0 \
blue:((float)(rgbValue & 0xFF))/255.0 alpha:1.0]

// choose whatever width you need instead of 600
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 600, 23)];
label.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
label.shadowColor = UIColorFromRGB(0xe5e7eb);
label.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 1);
label.textColor = UIColorFromRGB(0x717880);
label.text = @"your title";
label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20.0];
UIBarButtonItem *toolBarTitle = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:label];
[label release];

This solves the highlighting problem, disabled problem, and touch problem.

Toolbar and titleButton were both created in IB. The view title is covered by the toolbar. So put the title in a toolbar.

self.titleButton.title = @"Order";  // myInterestingTitle

It looks like this:

Disable to prevent any highlighting, and to stop it from responding to touches.

self.titleButton.enabled=NO;

Then it looks like this:

It will look disabled, so set the color for disabled to white, which has an implicit alpha=1.0. This effectively overrides the 'disabled' look.

[self.titleButton setTitleTextAttributes:
        [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[UIColor whiteColor]
                                    forKey:UITextAttributeTextColor]
                                forState:UIControlStateDisabled ];

Here's what you get:

Use a UIBarButtonItem in the plain style and additionally cover the toolbar in the appropriate area with a UIView that has a clear background. The view consumes the taps and hides them from the bar button item. Make sure you set the autoresizing mask correctly.

You can uncheck "Shows touch on Highlight" in Interface Builder.