下面是backBarButtonItem的文档:

时，此导航项位于顶部项的正下方 堆栈时，导航控制器派生返回按钮 此导航项中的导航栏。[…如果你想的话 为后退按钮指定自定义图像或标题，则可以指定 自定义栏按钮项目(与您的自定义标题或图像)到此 财产。”

视图控制器A(父视图控制器):

self.title = @"Really Long Title";
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Short" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton;

当任何其他视图控制器B在导航堆栈的顶部，而A在它的正下方时，B的后退按钮的标题将是“Short”。

下面是backBarButtonItem的文档:

时，此导航项位于顶部项的正下方 堆栈时，导航控制器派生返回按钮 此导航项中的导航栏。[…如果你想的话 为后退按钮指定自定义图像或标题，则可以指定 自定义栏按钮项目(与您的自定义标题或图像)到此 财产。”

视图控制器A(父视图控制器):

self.title = @"Really Long Title";
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Short" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered target:nil action:nil];
self.navigationItem.backBarButtonItem = backButton;

当任何其他视图控制器B在导航堆栈的顶部，而A在它的正下方时，B的后退按钮的标题将是“Short”。

Most of solutions kills the original style of BackButton (The left arrowed bar button) while adding a usual button with desired title. So to keep the original style there are 2 ways: 1st: To use undocumented button style (110 or something like that) which I prefer not to do. But if you want you could find how to do it here, on stackoverflow. 2nd: To use I the Trenskow's idea. I liked it and I use it a bit changed. Instead of overriding - (NSString*)title I've decided to keep the original title in the following way (which allows me to use nib's titles as well as given title at push state btw).

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    static NSString * backButtonTitle=@"Back"; //or whatever u want

    if (![self.title isEqualToString:backButtonTitle]){

        UILabel* customTitleView = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
        customTitleView.text = self.title; // original title
        customTitleView.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20];
        customTitleView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        customTitleView.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        customTitleView.shadowColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.5];
        customTitleView.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, -1);

        [customTitleView sizeToFit];

        self.navigationItem.titleView = [customTitleView autorelease];
        self.title = backButtonTitle; 
    }
}

这个解决方案效果很好，看起来很自然。此外，如果在viewDidLoad方法中使用它，它可以防止执行超过1次。 我也试过杰塞德克的解决方案，但看起来很糟糕。它导致可见的用户标题栏的变化，从原来的BackButton的期望和回来。

iOS 11+解决方案-不需要再次创建后退按钮。

将backButtonTitle设置为前一屏幕上的一个空格。

// If navigation is from A -> B, set in A's `viewDidLoad`.
navigationItem.backButtonTitle = " "

我们有两个VC A和B。

如果你想在B中更改标题，请在A中编写这段代码

- (IBAction)goToBViewController:(UIButton *)sender {

    BViewController *vc = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"VC"];
    UIBarButtonItem *newBackButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Your title here"
                                                                  style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain
                                                                 target:nil
                                                                 action:nil];
    [[self navigationItem] setBackBarButtonItem:newBackButton];
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:vc animated:NO];

}

Swift 4.1 Xcode 9.4

let secondViewController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "VC"])
let newBackButton = UIBarButtonItem.init(title: "Your title here", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.plain, target: nil, action: nil)
navigationController?.navigationBar.topItem?.backBarButtonItem = newBackButton
navigationController?.pushViewController(secondViewController!, animated: true)

我发现，更改返回按钮名称最简单的方法是将视图控制器的标题设置为返回按钮的标题，然后将视图控制器导航项中的titleView替换为带有它的真实名称的自定义标签。

是这样的:

CustomViewController.m

@implementation CustomViewController

- (NSString*)title {
    return @"Back Button Title";
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    UILabel* customTitleView = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
    customTitleView.text = @"Navigation Bar Title";
    customTitleView.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:20];
    customTitleView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    customTitleView.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    customTitleView.shadowColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.5];
    customTitleView.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, -1);

    [customTitleView sizeToFit];

    self.navigationItem.titleView = [customTitleView autorelease];
}

@end

这将使你的标题在UINavigationBar看起来就像它是本地的。让视图控制器能够拥有分离的标题和返回按钮标题。

在视图控制器A和B的情况下，A负责告诉它的后退按钮应该是什么样子，而B是显示的。

编辑:这也保持了后退按钮的原始外观(左边带箭头的栏按钮项)。