How can I programmatically force a search in the UISearchBar?

Question

How can I force the UISearchBar to automatically start a new search (like pressing the Search button)? Is there an easy way to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can force your searchBar,

Objective C:

[self searchBar:yourSearchBarName textDidChange: yourSearchingString];

Swift 3.0:

self.searchBar(self.yourSearchBarName, textDidChange: yourSearchingString)

This will trigger your searchBar.