Prevent a UISearchDisplayController from hiding the navigation bar

Question

Whenever a user begins editing a UISearchDisplayController\'s search bar, the search controller becomes active and hides the view\'s navigation bar while presen

Answer 1

The above answers didn't work quite right for me. My solution is to fool the UISearchDisplayController into thinking there wasn't a UINavigationController.

In your view controller, add this method

- (UINavigationController *)navigationController {
    return nil;
}

This had no untoward side effects for me, despite seeming like a really bad idea... If you need to get at the navigation controller, use [super navigationController].