searchDisplayController: change the label “No Results”

Question

how do I change the label \"No Results\", when using a searchDisplayController?

Regards

Answer 1

I've successfully removed the label by never having an empty result set.

If there are no results because they're being fetched from the server, reset your data source to a single row, and have it display a blank table view cell.

Additionally, use logic to refeuse to select the "dummy" cell:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSString *listItem = [self.filteredListContent objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    if ([listItem isEqualToString:@""]) {
        cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
    }
}

I've also found it necessary to add "dummy" cell logic into the willSelect delegate method:

- (NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSString *listItem = [self.filteredListContent objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    if ([listItem isEqualToString:@""]) {
        return nil;
    }
    return indexPath;
}