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

Working solution for iOS 7:

// When the tableView is hidden, put it back
- (void)searchDisplayControllerDidBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller {
    [self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView reloadData];
    controller.searchResultsTableView.hidden = NO;

    // Also, remove the dark overlay
    for (UIView *v in [[controller.searchResultsTableView superview] subviews]) {
        // This is somewhat hacky..
        if (v.alpha < 1) {
            [v setHidden:YES];
        }
    }
}

-(void)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller didHideSearchResultsTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    [self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView reloadData];
    if (self.searchDisplayController.active == YES) {
        tableView.hidden = NO;
    }
}

Answer 2

This works in iOS 8:

- (void)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller didHideSearchResultsTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
  self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.hidden = NO;
}

- (void)searchDisplayControllerDidBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller
{
    self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.hidden = NO;
    [self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.superview.superview bringSubviewToFront:self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.superview];

    CGRect frame = self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.frame;
    self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView.frame = CGRectMake(frame.origin.x, 64, frame.size.width, frame.size.height);
}

However, I did not like this hack and replaced the searchDisplayController by my own implementation (UISearchBar with UITableView).