UISearchBarController iOS 11 issue - SearchBar and scope buttons overlap - ios

Question

Referred here and here. No answer in first link. In the second link, though the answer is not accepted, but the link to apple developer forum gives error.
Before iOS 11 :
iOS 11 :
Note : Same device same code.
Also, this would mean, all apps using this feature have to be republished ?

Answer 1

Adding these lines fixed it for me:
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
self.searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
}

Answer 2

I can get the initial appearance to display correctly in iOS11 using the following code (as per greg's answer):
[self.searchController.searchBar sizeToFit];
if (#available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
self.navigationItem.searchController = self.searchController;
self.navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = NO;
} else {
// Fallback on earlier versions
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = self.searchController.searchBar;
}
However, if the app is backgrounded then restored while the search bar was active, the appearance would end up overlapped as shown in Nitish's second screenshot above.
I was able to fix that with the following workaround:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:UIApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification object:nil queue:nil usingBlock:^(NSNotification * _Nonnull note) {
self.searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = NO;
[self.searchController.searchBar sizeToFit];
self.searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = YES;
[self.searchController.searchBar sizeToFit];
}];
(I'm still working on how to workaround the layout issues following an interface orientation change while the search bar is active - that still ends up overlapped.)

Answer 3

In the radar that Ray Wenderlich filed, #benck posted this answer from WWDC, which, if I'm not mistaken, hasn't been posted yet.

Answer 4

Per your comments, your UISearchController's UISearchBar has been assigned to your UITableView's tableHeaderView. In iOS 11, you should instead be assigning your UISearchController to the searchController property of your view's navigationItem. You no longer need to assign the UISearchBar anywhere. See Apple's documentation on this new property.

Answer 5

I met the same issue on my app, my solution is in iOS 11, using apple suggested new way for searchBar which is in navigationItem, otherwise, using the old way. My code in viewDidLoad() as below:
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = false
navigationItem.searchController = searchController
navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false
searchViewHeight.constant = 0
} else {
searchView.addSubview(searchController.searchBar)
}
I have two IBOutlets: searchView and searchViewHeight:
#IBOutlet var searchView: UIView!
#IBOutlet var searchViewHeight: NSLayoutConstraint! // new added for iOS 11
Before iOS 11, my viewController's hierarchy as below:
I have a searchView which height is 44 to contains my searchController's searchBar view. It's under navigation bar.
In iOS 11, I add a new IBOutlet for searchView's height constraint, and set its constant to 0, hide this container view. And add searchController as a part of navigation item.
See apple's document:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uinavigationitem/2897305-searchcontroller
One more thing is under iOS 11, the searchBar's textField background color is little darker than navigation bar color by default. For consistency, you can change it to white, the below code will work both for iOS11 and its prior:
if let textField = searchController.searchBar.value(forKey: "searchField") as? UITextField {
if let backgroundView = textField.subviews.first {
// Search bar textField background color
backgroundView.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
// Search bar textField rounded corner
backgroundView.layer.cornerRadius = 10
backgroundView.clipsToBounds = true
}
}

Answer 6

I think that the solution is to add the Search Bar in the Navigation Bar:
navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true // Navigation bar large titles
navigationItem.title = "Contacts"
navigationController?.navigationBar.largeTitleTextAttributes = [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor : UIColor.white]
navigationController?.navigationBar.barTintColor = UIColor(displayP3Red: 0/255, green: 150/255, blue: 136/255, alpha: 1.0)
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil) // Search Controller
navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false
navigationItem.searchController = searchController
You can find an example for UISearchBarController - SearchBar and scope buttons overlap here.

Answer 7

I had the same issue in iOS 11.
Contrary to some of the comments here, if I look at your screenshots you DONT want to set it as the navigationItem because you don't have a UINavigationController setup.
Neither do you want to add the searchBar in the header of the tableView because for some reason it can't cope with the scopeBar
So what I did to fix it:
To get a UISearchBar with scopes over your tableView, use a UIViewController in interface builder not a UITableViewController.
Place a UISearchBar and a UITableView inside the view controller and wire them up properly (delegates, dataSource, etc).
Don't forget to change your swift file to UIViewController instead of UITableViewController as well and change it accordingly. (add a tableView property and connect it via IBOutlet, change the delegates for the tableView etc)
Then in interface builder, use autoLayout guides so the searchBar sits on top of the tableView
In interface builder when you activate the scope bar it will look totally weird but don't panic, it will be fine. I guess Apple screwed the rendering n interface builder when they changed the behavior to work with UINavigationController... anyway...
Then everything works as it should and look like this (in my case I present it the vc in a popover but that doesn't matter)