How to lengthen the UISearchBar in x direction with animation? - ios

Question

I want to lengthen the right search bar 20 px to the left, and shorten left search bar 20 px to the right with animation. How can I do that?
CGRect leftFrame = self.leftSearchBar.frame;
//leftFrame.origin.x = leftFrame.origin.x - 20;
leftFrame.size.width = leftFrame.size.width - 40;
CGRect rightFrame = self.rightSearchBar.frame;
rightFrame.origin.x = rightFrame.origin.x - 40;
rightFrame.size.width = rightFrame.size.width + 40;
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
[UIView setAnimationDelay:0.0];
[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseOut];
self.leftSearchBar.frame = leftFrame;
self.rightSearchBar.frame = rightFrame;
[UIView commitAnimations];
It doesn't work. It first resizes views without animation, then moves the right view with animation.

Answer 1

Assuming you've not changed the anchor points, or anything like that, simply expanding the width will make it stretch to the right. Wrap this within a UIView animation block, and it should animate according to the specification within the question, as so:
UISearchBar* searchbar = ...; // However you've created your UISearchBar, we'll refer to it as 'searchbar'
CGRect searchFrame = searchbar.frame;
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.8
delay:0.0
options:UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState
animations:^{
searchFrame.size.width += 30;
searchbar.frame = searchFrame;
}
completion:nil];
You'll need to make sure the += 30 doesn't get called more than once, as otherwise you'll be expanding by 30 points each time this is called. If you know the size before hand, you could simply substitute it with = size + 30, which is a safer bet incase you call the animation more than once.