Use UISearchController without storyboard - ios

Question

I am relatively new to iOS (100 hours or so) and I am trying to implement a UISearchController without a storyboard. Is it possible to do this programmatically?

Answer 1

You have to implement UISearchController programmatically since Apple hasn't provided the ability to set it up using Storyboard yet.
Here are the steps to implement UISearchController in a view controller
Conform to UISearchResultsUpdating Protocol
Create a variable to reference the UISearchController
var searchController: UISearchController!
Set searchController in viewDidLoad(_:)
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
// The object responsible for updating the contents of the search results controller.
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
// Determines whether the underlying content is dimmed during a search.
// if we are presenting the display results in the same view, this should be false
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
// Make sure the that the search bar is visible within the navigation bar.
searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
// Include the search controller's search bar within the table's header view.
tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
definesPresentationContext = true
}
Implement the method updateSearchResultsForSearchController(_:), which is called when the search bar becomes the first responder or when the user makes changes to the text inside the search bar
func updateSearchResultsForSearchController(searchController: UISearchController) {
// No need to update anything if we're being dismissed.
if !searchController.active {
return
}
// you can access the text in the search bar as below
filterString = searchController.searchBar.text
// write some code to filter the data provided to your tableview
}