Dismissing keyboard from UISearchBar when the X button is tapped

Question

I\'m using the UISearchBar (but not the SearchDisplayController that\'s typically used in conjunction) and I\'d like to dismiss the keyboard when you hit the \'X\' button.

Answer 1

Toms answer got me thinking. If it is that the search bar is not yet the firstResponder when the user clicks the clear button we can just wait until it is, and then have it resignFirstResponder; i.e. along the lines of:

- (void)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText
{
  [self performFilteringBySearchText: searchText]; // or whatever

  // The user clicked the [X] button or otherwise cleared the text.
  if([searchText length] == 0) {
    [searchBar performSelector: @selector(resignFirstResponder) 
                    withObject: nil 
                    afterDelay: 0.1];
  }
}

Works like a charm, and less hacky than Tom's IMHO.