UISearchController in UITabBarController status bar issues - ios

Question

I have been having this issue with the status bar and tab bar.
Here is my code:
self.searchResultsController = [BZDashboardSearchResultsController new];
self.searchController = [[UISearchController alloc] initWithSearchResultsController:self.searchResultsController];
self.searchController.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;
self.searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self;
self.searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = YES;
self.definesPresentationContext = YES;
self.searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = NO;
self.searchController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.searchController.delegate = self;
self.searchController.searchBar.delegate = self;
[self presentViewController:self.searchController
animated:YES
completion:nil];
I want to hide the tab bar place the search bar under the status bar. My view controller hierarchy looks like this:
UITabBarController
--UINavigationController
---View Controller where the above code is executed.
In my app delegate, I set my UITabBarController subclass as the root view controller:
self.window.rootViewController = tabBarViewController;
The init method of the subclass is this:
-(instancetype)init {
self = [super init];
if (self) {
UINavigationController *workspaceNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.workspaceController];
self.userProfileViewController.showLogoutButton = YES;
UINavigationController *userProfileNavigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.userProfileViewController];
self.viewControllers = #[workspaceNavigationController, userProfileNavigationController];
}
return self;
}
self.workspaceController has a search button in its navigation bar the code that presets UiSearchController.