Resetting UISearchbar programmatically

Question

Is there a possibility to reset a UISearchbar with searchDisplayController programmatically which is active and already contains text?

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    if (tableView == self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView) {
       searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.hidden = YES;
       searchBar.showsCancelButton = NO;
       [searchBar resignFirstResponder];
    }
}

This solution is working, but there is still text in the searchBar. If i add those lines of code:

searchBar.text = @"";

There is always a black transparent view left.

Any solutions?

Answer 1

Here ya go. This is a delegate method called when the user hits cancel. If you want to wire it up differently just declare your search bar as an outlet and reference it. Anyway:

-(void)searchBarCancelButtonClicked:(UISearchBar *)searchBar
{
    searchBar.text = @"";
    [searchBar resignFirstResponder];   
}

Answer 2

Pretty sure what you're looking for is UISearchDisplayController.active

From the SDK:

@property(nonatomic, getter=isActive) BOOL active

If you set this value directly, any change is performed without animation. Use setActive:animated: if a change in state should be animated.

When the user focus in the search field of a managed search bar, the search display controller automatically displays the search interface. You can use this property to force the search interface to appear.

Answer 3

This thread is so old it has dust. Still here we are in swift so

<#your UISearchController variable#>.isActive = false