How to add scope buttons in a UISearchController embedded in UINavigationController - ios

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

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