UISearchController: searchBar and scopeBar overlap on first touch event

Question

I\'m trying to implement a simple search bar using Apple\'s latest UISearchController. However I can\'t seem to get it to work correctly if I use the search bar

Answer 1

I just spent three days working on this same issue going through all of the posts I could find and just finally found the solution on the Apple Dev forum so thought I would post an update to help the next person that encounters this issue.

The resolution is to make sure that the showsScopeBar property on the search bar belonging to a UISearchController is set to false, i.e. UISearchController.searchBar.showsScopeBar = false in Swift.

The issue seems to be that Apple's design intent is for the showsScopeBar property to be used with standalone search bars not search bars controlled by a UISearchController. Unfortunately this is not called out in the class documentation. Bad design decision in my opinion but it is what it is.

The discussion is in the following thread https://devforums.apple.com/thread/235803 (dead link as of 2018-01-26).

Best of luck.