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

After making sure that the text you want is inside your search bar you can call self.searchBarSearchButtonClicked(searchBar) (passing in your search bar) assuming you have already implemented this UISearchBarDelegate method searchBarSearchButtonClicked(_ searchBar: UISearchBar)