UISearchDisplayController - how to preload searchResultTableView

Question

I want to show some default content when the user taps the Searchbar, but before any text is entered.

I have a solution working using settext:

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Answer 1

Why don't you have a look at the TableSearch project that comes in Xcode? It more or less address what you need. It shows a table right at the beginning and shades it out when search field is tapped. Check TableSearch in Documentation and API reference in Xcode 4 under help.

Also take a look at this It almost does what you need with a UISearchBar and a UITableView. I'd prefer that approach instead. Tweak it.

And to address your needs further, I'd suggest using two datasources. One holding all the contents (this is what you would show at the very beginning) and one to hold the filtered search results. Now go ahead and empty the first datasource and fill it up with the contents of the second one to store & dim-show the results of the previous search. Proceed this way. Use this approach in the TableSearch code for your task.