UISearchController search bar overlap first cell when active

Question

I am using UISearchController to search for data in my tableview. I am not using table view controller. I would like to hide the navigation bar when my search b

Answer 1

Reseting tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar after the dismissing searchController solved the issue for me.

  public func didDismissSearchController(_ searchController: UISearchController) {
            tableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar
}

Unfortunately didDismissSearchController doesn't get called if you select a result and go back to parent viewController. In this case you need reset the searchBar.frame back to origin position:

if let frame = tableView.tableHeaderView?.frame {
    searchController.searchBar.frame = frame
}