Does UISearchContainerViewController work on iOS

Question

UISearchContainerViewController exists both on tvOS and on iOS.

Apple has sample code showing how to use it in tvOS: they configure a UISearchController, hand it to a UISearchContainerViewController, wrap that in a UINavigationController, and make it one of a UITabBarController's children.

But I have never seen an example of UISearchContainerViewController on iOS, and I can't make it work there. For example, I do exactly what Apple does, except that I push the UISearchContainerViewController onto a navigation stack, or I wrap it in a navigation controller and present it, or whatever; and there's no search field so the whole thing is useless.

Has anyone ever gotten UISearchContainerViewController to do anything useful on iOS?

Answer 1

I was looking for answer to the same question. But I got this working like that :

Base VC

    let vc = SearchContainerVC()
    let nav = UINavigationController(rootViewController: vc)
    self.present(nav, animated: true, completion: nil)

SearchContainerVC

class SearchContainerVC: UISearchContainerViewController {

    init() {
        let searchResultsTableVC = SearchResultsTableViewController()
        let searchVC = UISearchController(searchResultsController: searchResultsTableVC)
        searchVC.searchBar.searchBarStyle = .minimal
        searchVC.searchBar.showsCancelButton = true
        searchVC.searchBar.delegate = searchResultsTableVC
        searchVC.searchResultsUpdater = searchResultsTableVC

        let searchBar = searchVC.searchBar
        searchBar.delegate = searchResultsTableVC
        searchBar.sizeToFit()
        searchBar.placeholder = "Search for something"

        searchVC.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
        searchVC.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true

        super.init(searchController: searchVC)

        navigationItem.titleView = searchBar
    }
}

SearchResultsTableViewController

class SearchResultsTableViewController: UITableViewController {
    // I use a Table to show search items
}