UISearchBar presented by UISearchController in table header view animates too far when active

Question

I am using UISearchController to present a search bar inside the header view of a tableview:

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self.searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation =         


        

Answer 1

In my case, setting the nav bar to self.navigationController.navigationBar.translucent = NO; fixed the problem. It seems that the search bar presentation layer doesn't take into account the translucence of the nav bar when laying out the search bar.

I realize this isn't a perfect solution, because the translucence of the nav bar can throw off layout elsewhere, but it at least fixes the problem in the case where a non-translucent nav bar is a possibility.