SearchBar overlaps navigation item title - ios

I need to achieve the following result:
This is how it looks initially:
When I tap inside my searchBar, it goes up overlapping my navigationItem.title:
I tried searchBarController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false, but it didn't work. Any solution please?

I had my searchBar inside tableView. I fixed it by setting its top constraint to:
make.top.equalToSuperview()
instead of:
make.top.equalTo(safeAreaLayoutGuide)
And it also wouldn't work without:
navigationItem.searchController?.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
inside viewDidLoad() in my ViewController.

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Bar section in iOS is extended unnecessarily

In the image shared, the orange section is the bar section , which is having unnecessary height, I am not able to resolve this issue by myself.
the views are like this
Parent Controller = View Controller
Child views = green view, black tableview
Please help to correct the height of the orange bar.
Seems like you have enabled prefersLargeTitles.
Make it false in your viewWillAppear()
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = false
You can also disable it from the storyboard.
Select your Navigation Controller -> Navigation Bar -> Uncheck prefers large titles
it seems like you're using the largeTitles on the navigationBar,
var prefersLargeTitles: Bool { get set }
When this property is set to true, the navigation bar allows the
title to be displayed out-of-line and using a larger font. The
navigation item used to build the bar must specify whether it wants
its title displayed in the large or small format. Use the
largeTitleDisplayMode property to configure the title's appearance.
When the property is set to false, the navigation bar displays the
title inline with the other bar button items.
try to disable it by:
navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = false
or you can do this as well:
navigationItem.largeTitleDisplayMode = .never
hope this helps:)
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationbar/2908999-preferslargetitles

Gap between status bar and toplayout guide bottom anchor even though `edgesForExtendedLayout` set to `top`

I have a simple view controller which is being rendered modally simply by using
viewController.present(myVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
myVC view controller does not have any embedded navigation controller and in viewDidLoad of myVC I am setting view which is supposed to behave like navigation bar view (I can't use navigation bar / navigation controller unfortunately)
Here is how I add the view programmatically
self.view.addSubview(topView)
topView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
topView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
topView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
topView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.topLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor).isActive = true
topView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 70).isActive = true
I have specified extended edges as top in my viewDidLoad of myVC
self.edgesForExtendedLayout = .top
And the UI looks like
There is a gap between status bar and view added highlighted by yellow border which I am not sure how to fix :(
Please help
You get the gap because you are adding your topView's top constraint to the view's topLayoutGuide.bottom (which sits a bit below the notch). So that is intended behavior.
The cleanest way to get rid of that gap is to embed you view controller in a UINavigationController and use a real navigation bar.
But if you cannot do that you have to get rid of the gap yourself.
I cannot think of an elegant way to get rid of this gap but you could add a negative constant to the constraint that is as high as the gap:
topView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor, constant: -14).isActive = true
But you would have to make sure that this is only done on devices that have a safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor > 0. (iPhoneX etc.). On all other devices the constant has to be 0.
As I said this is not a very stable or elegant solution but it would work.
BTW If possible you should change self.topLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor (deprecated) to view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor.

Adding shadow to UIView on top of UITableView

I have a VC that has a UITableView all over the screen, except the first 66px from the top. There, I have a custom UIView I call "Toolbar" which contains a title and a button.
It looks like this:
I'm trying to add a shadow to the "Toolbar" that will be visible on top of the UITableView. I'm adding it like this:
For some reason, I don't see any shadow when I run the app.
What am I doing wrong? Does anybody know?
Thank you!
Shadow needs some spaces to be shown, you have to add some vertical spaces between your top view(toolbar) and the Table view.
for having a result like the following:
you need to add some space:
ans I also use the following code for adding the shadow:
toolbar.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
toolbar.layer.shadowOpacity = 1
toolbar.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize.zero
toolbar.layer.shadowRadius = 10
toolbar.layer.masksToBounds = false

Search bar as header in tableview - appear and disappear

I need to put a search bar at the top of my tableview. I am making a network call and when the results are greater than 100 I want to search bar to appear and when they are less than 100 I don't want to search bar to appear. The tableview is on the right side of the VC and does not take up the whole view controller. I want the search bar to be at the top of the table view as a header.
I cannot use a search controller because in iOS 11, using a search controller makes the search bar pop to the top of the VC when it is active.
I tried to set the tableviewheader to nil to get it to disappear. But I can't get it back obviously because I made the header nil.
self.rightDetailFilterTableView.tableHeaderView = nil
self.rightDetailFilterTableView.sectionHeaderHeight = 0
I have put the search bar into the storyboard as seen in the image below. Is this the right way to add the search bar as a header?
What is the best way to get it to appear and disappear in the tableview? I have tried a bunch of different methods. They all either leave a blank header or do something else that causes problems. I also tried using the header delegate methods but that still did not work.
I am not using a tableview controller, I am using a normal VC. I am also not using a search bar controller because of issues it causes in iOS 11.
Here's what I've done in one of my recent project. First, laid out my views like so:
That is, the Search Bar was added to the parent view rather than the table view. This allows me to hide/show it as needed.
Next, I've defined two optional layout constraint, one ensuring that the tableview is aligned to the top of the safe area, priority 750; the other aligning the top of the search bar to the top of the safe area; priority lower than 750 to hide it below the nav bar or priority higher than 750 to reveal it and push the table view down.
In code, I created a #IBOutlet to the layout constraint for the search bar to the top of the safe area, and I change its priority as needed:
#IBAction
func toggleSearchBar(_ sender: Any?) {
if searchBarVisibleLayoutConstraint.priority.rawValue > 750.0 {
searchBarVisibleLayoutConstraint.priority = UILayoutPriority(rawValue: 1.0)
searchBar?.endEditing(true)
} else {
searchBarVisibleLayoutConstraint.priority = UILayoutPriority(rawValue: 999.0)
}
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3) {
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
}
}
In my case, the navigation bar is opaque and the search bar is not visible behind it. Your case may be different so you may also want to either clip the parent view or alpha fade the search bar when it is not visible.
Good luck!
Please check :
Created IBOutlet for my SearchBar.
#IBOutlet weak var testbar: UISearchBar!
And in my viewDidLoad :
override func viewDidLoad() {
var contentOffset = tableView.contentOffset
let showSearchBar = (results.count > 100)
self.tableView.tableHeaderView?.isHidden = !(showSearchBar)
if showSearchBar {
contentOffset.y -= testbar.frame.size.height
} else {
contentOffset.y += testbar.frame.size.height
}
tableView.contentOffset = contentOffset
}
Here is my tableview storyboard

Custom title view as large title in iOS 11 new navigation bar

I am using a button as a title view for my UITableViewController which opens a dropdown list of categories. Selecting a category filters content of the table view by the selected category.
The button shows the name of the selected category plus a small arrow, similar to how iBooks used to look (or maybe still looks? I haven't used it in a while). I would therefore like it to have the same behaviour as a standard title and have it be large at first and collapse when the table view is scrolled.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
It seems because of the new large titles, IOS11 requires the constraints on the custom view in the navigationItem.titleView to be set.
Do this for example:
customView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200).isActive = true
customView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 44).isActive = true
self.navigationItem.titleView = customView
Note this must be done for both width and height.
It should work. No need to add a button, at least in my case...
This was suggested by Apple to ensure that you don't have zero-size custom views. See slide 33 in https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2017/204/
Looks like touches are broken for navigationItem.titleView. Gestures, tap events and buttons - nothing works
Seems like a bug in iOS 11: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/82466
I provisionally implemented this workaround:
private lazy var navBarActionButtonIOS11: UIButton = {
button.addTarget(self.navTitleView, action: #selector(self.navTitleView.didTapView), for: .touchUpInside)
return button
}()
[...]
navigationItem.titleView = navTitleView
if #available(iOS 11.0, *), let navBar = navigationController?.navigationBar {
navBarActionButtonIOS11.removeFromSuperview()
navBar.addSubview(navBarActionButtonIOS11)
navBarActionButtonIOS11.center.x = navBar.center.x
}
Another solution could be to just assign a UIButton to navigationItem.titleView directly.
I hope Apple fixes this soon!
Well, I had same problem. I have UIButtons in UINavigationItem.titleView and those were not reacting to touches at all. Problem is that the view where those buttons are where of size (0,0) because of auto layout. So to fix this problem you need to add additional view into your custom view, lets call it "contentView" and put all your controls inside that contentView. Also, contentView must have defined size with constraints. Quick test is to add width and height constraint to contentView. And all works again.
Hope that this helps someone.

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