Hide Cancel Button on UISearchController swift 2.0

Question

theres any way to hide the cancel button on UISearchController?

The other behaviour i would like to know if its possible, is when the user press the Cancel Button, to set the text on the UISearchBar.

Thanks

Answer 1

Using seachController.searchBar.setShowsCancelButton(false, animated:false) still seems to not do it for this.

Try adding the UISearchBarDelegate to your controller and assign the searchBar's delegate to self. Then you can use the searchBarShouldBeginEditing to edit its visibility.

    import UIKit

    class TableViewController: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {

    var searchController: UISearchController!
    let menuItems: [String] = ["Row 1", "Row 2", "Row 3"]

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        let searchResultsController = storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("SearchResultsViewControllerStoryboardIdentifier") as! SearchResultsTableViewController


        searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: searchResultsController)
        searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
        searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
    }

    @IBAction func searchButtonPressed(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
        presentViewController(searchController, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    func searchBarShouldBeginEditing(searchBar: UISearchBar) -> Bool {
        searchController.searchBar.setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: true)

        return true
    }

    // MARK: - Table view data source
    override func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        return 1
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return menuItems.count
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath)

        cell.textLabel?.text = self.menuItems[indexPath.row]

        return cell
    }
}