UISearchBar clipped under status bar when added to UISearchDisplayController

Question

I want my search bar to draw its background extended upwards below the status bar like this:

Answer 1

I was having the exact same issue, but forcing clipsToBounds to YES for the searchBar, did the trick. No need of auto-layout nor UIBarPositioning protocol methods.

Answer 2

You conform to the UIBarPositioningDelegate protocol and upon properly becoming the delegate for your SearchBar, implement the delegate method as such

-(UIBarPosition)positionForBar:(id<UIBarPositioning>)bar { return UIBarPositionTopAttached; }