How to add search bar in navigation bar for iPhone

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How to add search bar in navigation bar for iPhone? right now I added to table view?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '13 at 20:50

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In iOS 7 it's very easy. Simply add this to your UISearchDisplayController

searchDisplayController.displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar = YES;

answered Sep 26 '13 at 20:50

DiscDev

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Hey, kinda great, but my search bar is displayed in the middle of the screen.. and not in the navigation bar. – Van Du Tran Oct 05 '13 at 15:53
@VanDuTran - the only way I can see that happening is if you have left over code somewhere in your class that modifies the positioning of the search bar. I've used this in a couple apps targeting iOS 7 and this works fine. See the apple docs: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/TransitionGuide/Bars.html – DiscDev Oct 05 '13 at 19:14
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@VanDuTran I had the same problem and fixed it by creating an outlet from the NavigationBar titleView to the SearchBar in IB. You can also do it programmatically with << self.navigationItem.titleView = self.searchDisplayController.searchBar; >>. Also, I had to reset the tableView contentInset top by -44 to fix the visible white space where the search bar existed. – lm2s May 21 '14 at 22:19
@lm2s I have a follow up question about doing this in the IB, will you please take a look: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24808818/how-to-add-uisearchbar-to-navigationbar-through-the-storyboard-in-ios – learner Jul 17 '14 at 16:36

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