I'm trying to show the UISearchController by tapping on the UIBarButtonItem. But the SearchBar appears behind the NavigationBar. If I set definesPresentationContext = false, then the SearchBar appears above the NavigationBar, but the transitions don't work.
#IBAction func searchButtonPressed(_ sender: Any) {
searchResultsController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "SearchResultsController") as? SearchResultsController
searchResultsController.tableView.delegate = self
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: searchResultsController)
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = searchResultsController
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchController.searchBar.autocapitalizationType = .words
definesPresentationContext = true
present(searchController, animated: true)
}
Before BarButtonItem tapped
After BarButtonItem tapped
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searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false solve this problem, but I need the navigation bar to not be hidden
UPDATE:
Inserting the SearchBar inside the Navigation Bar is not suitable for my app
https://imgur.com/a/74e5sSk
If you are using UITableViewController then you can do the following:
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.definesPresentationContext = true
Then, you need to assign this searchController to navigationItem:
self.navigationItem.searchController = searchController
Now searchbar is going to appear when you pull the tableview and will look this way:
If you want to keep the search bar permanently, then do this:
self.navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false
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I have tableViewController at the storyboard.
I programmatically added searchController to the table header.
private func setupSearchView(){
if !showSearchBar { return }
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Search", bundle: nil)
resultViewController =
storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "NewSearchTableViewController") as? SearchResultTableViewController
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: resultViewController)
resultViewController?.tableView.delegate = self
searchController.delegate = self
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self // Monitor when the search button is tapped.
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "Search here...".localized
definesPresentationContext = true
}
When I selected the cell in the table and went to the details screen - it works perfectly.
But when I pressed button back, the search bar was scrolled under the navigation bar.
Normal behaiver
Bad behavior after button back pressed
I have TableViewController: UITableViewController.
I have implemented
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil).
I use SearchBar as tableView.tableHeaderView
While I'm using search, SearchBar moves up/down when I click cancel button. Why does it happen?
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
definesPresentationContext = true
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
searchController.searchBar.returnKeyType = .done
searchController.searchBar.enablesReturnKeyAutomatically = false
check it
Maybe this is impossible, but I always assumed you could just throw a UISearchController instance onto any old view controller's navigationItem and get a search bar. It seems to me like no matter what I try, I can't get it to work. It's making me think this behavior is hardcoded to only work when the view controller's view property is a subclass of UIScrollView.
I hope this is just a red herring. If I missed something obvious, please help! This is infuriating.
Here's what I did:
import UIKit.UIViewController
class MainViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false
navigationItem.searchController = {
let searchController = UISearchController()
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
return searchController
}()
}
}
No search bar ever appears on screen. It just looks like a regular old navigation bar.
The UISearchController initializer should be let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil) or replace nil with a seperate controller to display the search results.
If your viewController is in a UINavigationController stack then the above code should work (with the corrected initializer). Otherwise you will need to create a UINavigationBar and add it to the view. Then add the searchController.searchBar to the navigationItem.titleView
let navigationBar = UINavigationBar()
view.addSubview(navigationBar)
navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor.gray
navigationBar.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
navigationBar.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leftAnchor).isActive = true
navigationBar.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor).isActive = true
navigationBar.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor).isActive = true
navigationBar.delegate = self
navigationBar.items = [navigationItem]
navigationItem.searchController = {
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
return searchController
}()
navigationItem.titleView = navigationItem.searchController?.searchBar
I am pushing a viewController where I want a searchBar, but search bar is not showing at all. Below is the code. Am I missing something?
var searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "Search here..."
definesPresentationContext = true
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
self.navigationItem.searchController = searchController
} else {
// Fallback on earlier versions
navigationItem.titleView = searchController.searchBar
navigationItem.titleView?.layoutSubviews()
}
You need to add this line to your code:
navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false
That removes hiding searchBar while scrolling and shows it on pushing your view controller.
So, navigationItem.hidesSearchWhenScrolling only works when you set the searchController property of navigationItem NOT when you set the navigationItem.titleView to searchBar.
I have an App that is presenting a MKMapView embedded in a UINavigationController. In the UINavigationController I have put a UISearchController. When the User touch the UISearchController it displays a UITableViewController.
It works well while I'm not adding the Scope button in the UISearchController.
Here the screenshot of the UISearchController in the UINavigationController when I start the App.
Next when I touch the UISearchController, it displays the UITableViewController and scope button.
Here we can already see there's an issue with the scope button because they are not well integrated in the UISearchController (color should be translucent)
Next, when I touch the Cancel button to go back to the Main viewController, the UISearchController is not recovering its original style
it has a dark gray border (that probably comes from the scope button).
Here's how I add the UISearchController in the Main view Controller
func initSearchController() {
let mySearchController = UIStoryboard.init(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("SearchControllerId") as! SearchController
self.searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: mySearchController)
mySearchController.theSearchController = self.searchController
mySearchController.delegate = self
// Configure the UISearchController
self.searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
self.searchController.delegate = self
self.searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
self.searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "data.."
self.searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
self.searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true
self.navigationItem.titleView = searchController.searchBar
self.definesPresentationContext = true
}
this method is called in the viewDidLoad() of my Main ViewController.
Next, when the SearchController is displayed, I'm adding the scope button with the following code in my TableViewController subclass
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
// Mandatory to make sure the TableView is displayed when the search field is empty
// when user touch it.
view.hidden = false
var rect = delegate.searchController.searchBar.superview?.frame
rect?.size.height = 88
self.delegate.searchController.searchBar.scopeButtonTitles = ["one", "two", "three"]
self.delegate.searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = true
self.delegate.searchController.searchBar.superview?.frame = rect!
}
and the following code is executed when search is closed
override func viewDidDisappear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
var rect = delegate.searchController.searchBar.superview?.frame
rect?.size.height = 44
self.delegate.searchController.searchBar.superview?.frame = rect!
self.delegate.searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = false
self.delegate.searchController.searchBar.scopeButtonTitles = nil
}
As you can see I have severals issues with this code.
Scope buttons are not displayed correctly and I'm unable to add them with a nice animation
When user exits the search Scope buttons are removed but it impacts the background of the UISearchController
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong and what should I do to integrate correctly Scope Button in UISearchController?.
I have found examples but only when the UISearchController is not embedded in the UINavigationController.
Thanks for your help!
Sébastien.
You should try using the searchBar.scopeButtonTitles in your instance of UISearchController:
func initSearchController() {
let mySearchController = UIStoryboard.init(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("SearchControllerId") as! SearchController
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: mySearchController)
// Set Scope Bar Buttons
searchController.searchBar.scopeButtonTitles = ["one", "two", "three"]
// searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = true //if you want it always visible
// Configure the UISearchController
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
searchController.delegate = self
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "data.."
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true
definesPresentationContext = true
}
No need to show or hide your scopeButtons in willAppear/didDisapear. This is set by: searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = true