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

As jrc pointed out "unhook UISearchDisplayController from controlling any UISearchBar" seems to work for me. If I pass nil as a parameter when creating UISearchDisplayController the navigation bar stays visible at all times:

searchDisplayController = [[UISearchDisplayController alloc] initWithSearchBar:nil contentsController:self];