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

iOS 7 screws things up a bit... for me this worked perfectly:

/**
 *  Overwrite the `setActive:animated:` method to make sure the UINavigationBar 
 *  does not get hidden and the SearchBar does not add space for the statusbar height.
 *
 *  @param visible   `YES` to display the search interface if it is not already displayed; NO to hide the search interface if it is currently displayed.
 *  @param animated  `YES` to use animation for a change in visible state, otherwise NO.
 */
- (void)setActive:(BOOL)visible animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES];
    [self.searchContentsController.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:YES animated:NO];

    [super setActive:visible animated:animated];

    [self.searchContentsController.navigationController setNavigationBarHidden:NO animated:NO];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO];
}

The reason for show/hide the statusbar