从UISearchController取消按钮返回到根viewController

Question

I have a simple app which contains a UISearchController within a tableView (bottom view in the screenshot).

The initial segue works fine, the UISearchController becomes visible after the barButton (lupe-icon) was hit.

But now I want to hide that SearchTableView when the user hits the Cancel-Button of the searchController (the app should return to the initial viewController). I tried the following

func didDismissSearchController(searchController: UISearchController) {
    // cancel?
    self.navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
}

... but nothing happens. So how can I return to the root viewController from this point?

Answer 1

Try to dismiss the search bar first:

func didDismissSearchController(searchController: UISearchController) {
    searchController.active = false
    self.navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
}