SearchBar does not stay in place (table headerview) - swift - ios

Question

I have made a searchbar in my table header view. I actually would not mind having it in my navigation bar, by setting it to: navigationItem.titleView = searchController.searchBar.. The problem is though that when the searchBar is active, the navigation bar is dismissed - including the searchBar, So you cannot see what you are searching for?
How can I change that? Here is my complete searchBar code:
import UIKit
import FirebaseDatabase
import FirebaseAuth
import FBSDKCoreKit
import FirebaseStorage
class SearchTableViewController: UITableViewController, UISearchResultsUpdating {
#IBOutlet var searchUsersTableView: UITableView!
let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
var usersArray = [NSDictionary?]()
var filteredUsers = [NSDictionary?]()
let databaseRef = FIRDatabase.database().reference()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
definesPresentationContext = true
//tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
navigationItem.titleView = searchController.searchBar
searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "Søg"
searchController.searchBar.setValue("Annuller", forKey:"_cancelButtonText")
let cancelButtonAttributes: NSDictionary = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.whiteColor()]
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(cancelButtonAttributes as? [String : AnyObject], forState: UIControlState.Normal)
databaseRef.child("UserInformation").queryOrderedByChild("userName").observeEventType(.ChildAdded, withBlock: { (snapshot) in
self.usersArray.append(snapshot.value as? NSDictionary)
self.searchUsersTableView.insertRowsAtIndexPaths([NSIndexPath(forRow: self.usersArray.count-1, inSection: 0)], withRowAnimation: .Automatic)
}) { (error) in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
if let user = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser {
let userId = user.uid
FIRDatabase.database().reference().child("Users").child(userId).child("NotificationBadge").observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { (snapshot) in
// Get user value
let value = snapshot.value as? NSDictionary
let badgesNumber = value?["numberOfBadges"] as! Int?
if badgesNumber != nil {
self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[3].badgeValue = String(badgesNumber!)
} else {
self.tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[3].badgeValue = nil
}
// ...
}) { (error) in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
}
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true)
}
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
if segue.identifier == "showProfile" {
if let nextVC = segue.destinationViewController as? theProfileTableViewController {
nextVC.viaSegue = sender! as! String
}
}
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
// MARK: - Table view data source
override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
return 1
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
// #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of rows
if searchController.active && searchController.searchBar.text != "" {
return filteredUsers.count
}
return usersArray.count
}
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell:SearchTableViewCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("searchCell", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! SearchTableViewCell
let user: NSDictionary?
if searchController.active && searchController.searchBar.text != "" {
user = filteredUsers[indexPath.row]
} else {
user = self.usersArray[indexPath.row]
}
cell.nameLabel.text = user?["userName"] as? String
let profileUserIDPic = user?["usersUID"] as? String
let storage = FIRStorage.storage()
// Refer to your own Firebase storage
let storageRef = storage.referenceForURL("gs://bigr-1d864.appspot.com")
let profilePicRef = storageRef.child(profileUserIDPic!+"/profile_pic.jpg")
// Download in memory with a maximum allowed size of 1MB (1 * 1024 * 1024 bytes)
profilePicRef.dataWithMaxSize(1 * 300 * 300) { (data, error) -> Void in
if (error != nil) {
// Uh-oh, an error occurred!
print("Unable to download image")
cell.profilePic.image = UIImage(named: "profile.png")
cell.profilePic.layer.cornerRadius = cell.profilePic.frame.size.width/2
cell.profilePic.clipsToBounds = true
} else {
// Data for "images/island.jpg" is returned
// ... let islandImage: UIImage! = UIImage(data: data!)
if (data != nil){
cell.profilePic.image = UIImage(data: data!)
cell.profilePic.layer.cornerRadius = cell.profilePic.frame.size.width/2
cell.profilePic.clipsToBounds = true
}
}
}
return cell
}
func updateSearchResultsForSearchController(searchController: UISearchController) {
// update something
filterContent(self.searchController.searchBar.text!)
}
func filterContent(searchText: String) {
self.filteredUsers = self.usersArray.filter{ user in
let username = user!["userName"] as? String
return (username?.lowercaseString.containsString(searchText.lowercaseString))!
}
self.tableView.reloadData()
}
}
When going to the search page it looks like this (because I added the insets
When searching for a user it looks like this
When having click a user and returned to search it looks like this