Hiding Cancel button on search bar in UISearchController - ios

Question

I'm trying to hide the Cancel button of the search bar in the UISearchController, but unfortunately setting the following in viewDidLoad() does not work:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
searchResultsTableController = UITableViewController()
searchResultsTableController.tableView.delegate = self
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: searchResultsTableController)
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
searchResultsView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
searchController.delegate = self
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
searchController.searchBar.searchBarStyle = .Minimal
searchController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = false
definesPresentationContext = true
}
I have also tried using the above code in this delegate method:
func didPresentSearchController(searchController: UISearchController) {
searchController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = false
}
This approach works but will show the Cancel button briefly before hiding it, which is not ideal. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I ended up subclassing both UISearchBar and UISearchController as suggested:
CustomSearchBar.swift
import UIKit
class CustomSearchBar: UISearchBar {
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: false)
}
}
CustomSearchController.swift
import UIKit
class CustomSearchController: UISearchController, UISearchBarDelegate {
lazy var _searchBar: CustomSearchBar = {
[unowned self] in
let result = CustomSearchBar(frame: CGRectZero)
result.delegate = self
return result
}()
override var searchBar: UISearchBar {
get {
return _searchBar
}
}
}

Answer 2

Rejoice! As of iOS 13, there is access to automaticallyShowsCancelButton on UISearchController. Set it to false to hide the cancel button.

Answer 3

func didPresentSearchController(_ searchController: UISearchController) {
searchController.searchBar.becomeFirstResponder()
searchController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = true
}
func didDismissSearchController(_ searchController: UISearchController) {
searchController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = false
}
In my case all the above solutions dint work. You need to show in didPresentSearchController and hide it in didDismissSearchController. Earlier I was just hiding in didDismissSearchController which was still showing Cancel button on cancelling.

Answer 4

Hide the Cancel button in search bar delegate methods and set your delegate searchController.searchBar.delegate=self UISearchBarDelegate
func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
}
func searchBarTextDidEndEditing(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
}

Answer 5

Try subclassing UISearchBar and implement:
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
self.setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: false)
}
This SO thread may help you more in this direction.

Answer 6

The same answer as given by #Griffith and #Abhinav but using extension:
extension UISearchBar {
override open func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: false)
}
}
This code is from Swift 4.