UISearchController woes - ios

I'm having an issue with UISearchController. There have been some reports of erratic behavior in iOS 11, but none of the suggestions have fixed my problem.
The navigation bar is hidden in my app so I just want to place the search bar between two buttons on the main screen. I put UIView in the storyboard to serve as the superview for the search bar. When activated the results controller is a straight UITableViewController.
Everything is in-place when the app launches. When I access the search bar it just to the top of the screen, leaving it's parent view behind. Everything functions ok, but when I hide the table view, the search bar actual goes a bit lower than it was when it started. Here's the setup code:
let locationSearchTable = storyboard!.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "LocationSearchTable") as! LocationSearchTable
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: locationSearchTable)
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = locationSearchTable
searchController.delegate = self
locationSearchTable.mapView = mapView
locationSearchTable.handleMapSearchDelegate = self
locationTableController = locationSearchTable
let searchBar = searchController!.searchBar
//searchBar.searchBarStyle = UISearchBarStyle.prominent
searchBar.sizeToFit()
searchBar.placeholder = "Search..."
searchViewHolder.addSubview(searchBar)
searchBar.frame = searchViewHolder.bounds
searchBar.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true
definesPresentationContext = false
I have tried many, many approaches to fixing this. I'm wondering if I misunderstood an earlier suggestion. Any advice is welcome.

I'd the same issue. If your navbar is not translucent try to put this in viewDidLoad:
extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true

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Smooth disappearance of iOS 11 search bar

I am running into a small problem, I implemented the new iOS 11's style search bar in my app, and I noticed that it disappeared with a slightly different animation from the one in Messages for example. It's faster and less smooth.
Anyone has ever stumble upon this "problem" ?
Here is the code I use :
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
navigationItem.searchController = searchController
} else {
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
searchController.searchBar.barTintColor = .white
searchController.searchBar.layer.borderColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
searchController.searchBar.layer.borderWidth = 1
}
definesPresentationContext = true
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "all_search".localized
EDIT:
I don't know if it will help you, but I am scrolling at a normal pace .
Thanks
Adding
self.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true
to my viewDidLoad solved the issue, your navigation bar must not be translucent and note that extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true is being attributed to my main view which holds the tableview.
This happens when your table view doesn't go all the way to the top of the view. Make sure your table view is "behind" the navigation bar and uses extended edges and extend under opaque edges if your navigation bar is opaque.
Try this, it fixes it for me. I used a different UIViewController as the searchResultsUpdater and just set extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars as true.
searchResultsUpdater.extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars = true
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = searchResultsUpdater
UIView.animate(withDuration: 1, animations: {
//your codes to implement
}, completion: nil)
change withDuration: in seconds

Custom UITableViewController for UISearchController overlays the search bar in iOS 11

Custom UITableViewController for UISearchController overlays the search bar in iOS 11 when you set the search controller to the navigationItem.searchController. The table view controller covers the whole screen so you cannot see the search bar while typing. This is not an issue when you send nil to UISearchController. Basically, I have a search bar for this map app, so I am setting a UITableViewController to the UISearchController to handle the display of the search result when searching for location. Previously, the table view shows up at the bottom of the search bar, now it covers the whole screen.
Here's a code snippet:
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: searchResultsController)
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = true
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true
searchController.definesPresentationContext = false
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.delegate = self
if #available(iOS 11.0, *){
self.navigationItem.searchController = searchController
}
Found the issue. Need to set the right origin value in willPresentSearchController

iphone x: keep search bar within safe zone

Upgrading our application to support iPhone X. How can I add a search bar to the header of a table view and have it within the safe zone? Here is how we currently build the search bar.
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
func buildSearchBar() {
self.searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
self.searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
self.searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
self.searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
self.definesPresentationContext = true
}
This topic is discussed explicitly in Building Apps for iPhone X video. (Designing for iPhone X also a good video.)
Bottom line, Apple suggests using navigation controller and showing it there:
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
if #available(iOS 11, *) {
navigationItem.searchController = searchController
searchController.isActive = true
} else {
present(searchController, animated: true)
}
(By the way, even in the absence of a navigation controller, present-ing the search controller, rather than setting it to be the table header, can prevent it from scrolling out of the safe area.)
Unclear what you mean by "within the safe zone". The table view can scroll, so the search bar is not necessarily "within" any part of the screen; it can be scrolled up behind the sensor area and on beyond.
You'll notice, however, that the native apps do not put the search bar as the header of the table. They put it in the navigation bar. You should do the same. Put the search bar into the navigation bar by setting the searchController of the navigationItem.

Why is UISearchController search bar incorrectly positioned?

I have a UITableViewController where I have placed a search bar in the tableHeaderView. It all looks fine like the picture below.
But, the problem is when it is presented:
As you can see, it is mostly hidden above the top of the screen.
Here is the code I used to set it up in the tableview controller's viewDidLoad:
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.delegate = self
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "Search Presets..."
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
searchController.searchBar.barStyle = .blackTranslucent
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = true;
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPoint(x:0, y:searchController.searchBar.frame.size.height);
If I print the frame of the searchbar, it's origin is (0,0).
I have tried everything I can think of, but nothing works
I figured out that if I check Translucent in the Navigation Bar's Attributes Inspector in IB the issue is resolved.
This leads me to believe that leaving that unchecked and setting extendedLayoutIncludesOpaqueBars to true would also work, but I found this not to be the case.

UISearchBar misplaced when in the detail of a SplitViewController

I'm using an UISplitViewController and on the detail view I have an UISearchController, but when the search bar gets active, the component suddenly goes to the right and half of it stay out of screen.
I tried to post the image, but sadly "You need at least 10 reputation to post images.", so I uploaded here http://iferiados.com.br/bug.jpg
It occurs only in the iPad and only when the display mode is .AllVisible, if I expand the detail view to all screen, the search bar stay in the correct place.
My code for the search controller:
var searchController: UISearchController!
//and in the viewDidLoad():
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "Procure pelo nome"
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
Thanks.
It doesn't look like you have any necessary constraints for the search bar. If you are configuring it through the storyboard then make sure you have all constraints or check out apple's documentation regarding constraints. Also, if you say the problem only occurs on the iPad, make sure that at the bottom of the storyboard "Any Any" is selected.

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