Show search bar in navigation bar without scrolling on iOS 11

Question

I’m attaching a UISearchController to the navigationItem.searchController property of a UITableViewController on iOS 11. This works fine: I can use the nice iOS

Answer 1

The following makes the search bar visible at first, then allows it to hide when scrolling:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
        navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = false
    }
}

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
        navigationItem.hidesSearchBarWhenScrolling = true
    }
}

Using isActive didn't do what I wanted, it makes the search bar active (showing cancel button, etc.), when all I want is for it to be visible.