How do I close a UISearchDisplayController programmatically?

Question

I want to close my UISearchDisplayController when the user clicks the "Search" button since I'm loading new data from the web. How do I close the controller programatically? I already have the proper method called, but don't know how to do it.

I thought that the below would work, but I'm wrong.

- (void)searchBarSearchButtonClicked:(UISearchBar *)searchBar {
    [self.searchDisplayController finalize];
}

score 69 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '10 at 15:16

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[self.searchDisplayController setActive:NO animated:YES];

Enjoy.

answered Aug 23 '10 at 15:16

Raphael Caixeta

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Thank you very much.. working great and helpful in 2012 too :) – Xtrician Jun 30 '12 at 08:08
this didn't work for me. I said once user tap somewhere in -(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {[self.searchDisplayController setActive:NO animated:YES];} But this did not let it go away. This method got called but no result. – coolcool1994 Jul 03 '13 at 20:27
Perfect. I'm using this in viewWillDisappear. Just what I needed. – Benjamin Stark Dec 19 '13 at 23:01

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 02 '14 at 09:16

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You need to make sure you set active to false on main thread:

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    [self.searchDisplayController setActive:NO animated:YES];
});

edited Jan 02 '14 at 09:16

Appulus

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answered Jan 02 '14 at 08:56

LiorR

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 08 '15 at 08:51

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func setActive(_ visible: Bool,
  animated animated;: Bool)

If you are using swift.

answered Feb 08 '15 at 08:51

xipengyang

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Actually, for Swift the property is `active` – gigo Jan 14 '16 at 11:37

How do I close a UISearchDisplayController programmatically?

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