Question

I have a UITableView with a searchDisplayController implemented. I have

tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

and

self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableview.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];

When I enter text in the search field, the search results are displaying fine, but as the background of the resultant table is transparent, I am seeing my tableview and on the tableview the search result table is displayed. I want to hide the tableView when the searchField began editing. I have tried

-(BOOL)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller 
shouldReloadTableForSearchString:(NSString *)searchString
{
    [tableView setHidden:YES];
    [self filterContentForSearchText:searchString 
                               scope:[[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar scopeButtonTitles]
                                      objectAtIndex:[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar
                                                     selectedScopeButtonIndex]]];

    return YES;
}

But it hides the searchBar with the tableView. How to fix it?

Answer 1

First i know that you add searchDisplayController on UITableView.

Remove it Please and Add your UISearchDisplayController on your View Controller not on UITableView, beacuse if you hide UITableView then UISearchDisplayController also hide because you added UISearchDisplayController on UITableView.

Thanks 🙂