Locking a UISearchBar to the top of a UITableView like Game Center

Question

There\'s this cool feature in the UITableViews in Game Center and the search bars they have at their tops. Unlike apps where the search bar is placed in the table header vie

Answer 1

All of the other answers here provided me with helpful information, but none of them worked using iOS 7.1. Here's a simplified version of what worked for me:

MyViewController.h:

@interface MyViewController : UIViewController  {
}
@end

MyViewController.m:

@implementation MyViewController {

    UITableView *tableView;
    UISearchDisplayController *searchDisplayController;
    BOOL isSearching;
}

-(void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    UISearchBar *searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];
    searchBar.delegate = self;

    searchDisplayController = [[UISearchDisplayController alloc] initWithSearchBar:searchBar contentsController:self];
    searchDisplayController.delegate = self;
    searchDisplayController.searchResultsDataSource = self;
    searchDisplayController.searchResultsDelegate = self;

    UIView *tableHeaderView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:searchDisplayController.searchBar.frame];
    [tableHeaderView addSubview:searchDisplayController.searchBar];
    [tableView setTableHeaderView:tableHeaderView];

    isSearching = NO;
}

-(void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {

    UISearchBar *searchBar = searchDisplayController.searchBar;
    CGRect searchBarFrame = searchBar.frame;

    if (isSearching) {
        searchBarFrame.origin.y = 0;
    } else {
        searchBarFrame.origin.y = MAX(0, scrollView.contentOffset.y + scrollView.contentInset.top);
    }

    searchDisplayController.searchBar.frame = searchBarFrame;
}

- (void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller {
    isSearching = YES;
}

-(void)searchDisplayControllerWillEndSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller {
    isSearching = NO;
}

@end

Note: If you're using "pull down to refresh" on your list, you'll need to replace scrollView.contentInset.top in scrollViewDidScroll: with a constant to allow the search bar to scroll over the refresh animation.