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Aloha Silver
Aloha Silver

Reputation: 1394

How to have UISearchBar scope bar always visible?

Here's my latest problem with the iPhone SDK.

I've got a UISearchBar and its delegate all set up. Also, when I load my view, I call

self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = YES;

That way, when my view is first presented, I see the scope bar, as expected. But if touch inside the search bar and then outside it (or even if a perform a search and then cancel it), the scope bar gets hidden again.

So my question is: is it possible to have the scope bar always visible? Even after performing searches?

Thanks a lot.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 5699

Answers (2)

mikejonesguy
mikejonesguy

Reputation: 9999

I know this is old, but if anyone is still searching for an answer here, this method is working for me with iOS 16. The trick seems to be to set it to false first (?).

extension MyViewController: UISearchControllerDelegate {
    func didPresentSearchController(_ searchController: UISearchController) {
        searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = false
        searchController.searchBar.setShowsScope(true, animated: false)
    }

    func didDismissSearchController(_ searchController: UISearchController) {
        searchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = false
        searchController.searchBar.setShowsScope(true, animated: false)
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

TomSwift
TomSwift

Reputation: 39512

The UISearchDisplayController is hiding the scope bar for you.

The way around this is to subclass UISearchBar and override the implementation of setShowsScopeBar:

@interface MySearchBar : UISearchBar {

}

@end

@implementation MySearchBar

- (void) setShowsScopeBar:(BOOL) show
{
    [super setShowsScopeBar: YES]; // always show!
}

@end

Then, in Interface Builder, change the class of the Search Bar you have in your view (that is associated with the UISearchDisplayController) to the new class type -- MySearchBar in this example.

Upvotes: 10

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