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

This seem to solve it for me. Tested in both iOS5/6.1. No visual issues that I could see.

- (void)viewDidAppear
{
    [super viewDidAppear];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillAppear:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

- (void)keyboardWillAppear:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    [self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:NO];
}

-(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews{
    [self.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:NO];
}