Does UISearchContainerViewController work on iOS - ios

Question

UISearchContainerViewController exists both on tvOS and on iOS.
Apple has sample code showing how to use it in tvOS: they configure a UISearchController, hand it to a UISearchContainerViewController, wrap that in a UINavigationController, and make it one of a UITabBarController's children.
But I have never seen an example of UISearchContainerViewController on iOS, and I can't make it work there. For example, I do exactly what Apple does, except that I push the UISearchContainerViewController onto a navigation stack, or I wrap it in a navigation controller and present it, or whatever; and there's no search field so the whole thing is useless.
Has anyone ever gotten UISearchContainerViewController to do anything useful on iOS?

Answer 1

I was looking for answer to the same question. But I got this working like that :
Base VC
let vc = SearchContainerVC()
let nav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: vc)
self.present(nav, animated: true, completion: nil)
SearchContainerVC
class SearchContainerVC: UISearchContainerViewController {
init() {
let searchResultsTableVC = SearchResultsTableViewController()
let searchVC = UISearchController(searchResultsController: searchResultsTableVC)
searchVC.searchBar.searchBarStyle = .minimal
searchVC.searchBar.showsCancelButton = true
searchVC.searchBar.delegate = searchResultsTableVC
searchVC.searchResultsUpdater = searchResultsTableVC
let searchBar = searchVC.searchBar
searchBar.delegate = searchResultsTableVC
searchBar.sizeToFit()
searchBar.placeholder = "Search for something"
searchVC.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchVC.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true
super.init(searchController: searchVC)
navigationItem.titleView = searchBar
}
}
SearchResultsTableViewController
class SearchResultsTableViewController: UITableViewController {
// I use a Table to show search items
}