UISearchBar not responding when clicked

Question

I've been trying to find the solution for hours, but alas no dice... I've been trying to implement a UISearchBar purely programatically (no xib, no interface builder).

Here is my .h header:

@interface RLCASearchMasterViewController : UIViewController<UISearchBarDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) RLCAGUIElements *gui;
@property (strong, nonatomic) RLCAUITableView *table;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UISearchBar *searchBar;

@end

and my .m implementation:

@synthesize searchBar;

- (void)loadView
{

[super loadView];

searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.view.frame.origin.x, self.view.frame.origin.y, self.view.frame.size.width, searchBar.frame.size.height)];
searchBar.delegate = self;
[self.view addSubview:searchBar];  

}

I'd gone over this I don't know how many times, and have no idea what I'm doing wrong... The UISearchBar is added to the view just fine, with the correct size and all, however when clicked/tapped, the keyboard does not come up. If I evoke the following however:

[searchBar becomeFirstResponder];

the keyboard does show, so it's probably not the delegation but actually detecting whether it's been clicked... I do not want it to edit on load though, and only by request...

Please help. Thanks! :)

Sincerely, Piotr.

Is it underneath any other views? They could be blocking its touches. — borrrden
i don't think it's under any views - i'd removed all the [UIColor clearColor] backgrounds from all the views to check, and nothing seems to be covering it... — Piotr

Piotr Piotr · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-08T09:18:35

Okay, I got it to work.

It works but I have no idea why. If someone has any insight, I would be very grateful...

So:

I replaced:

searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(self.view.frame.origin.x,         self.view.frame.origin.y, self.view.frame.size.width, searchBar.frame.size.height)];
searchBar.delegate = self;
[self.view addSubview:searchBar];

with:

searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] init];
searchBar.delegate = self;
[searchBar sizeToFit];
[self.view addSubview:searchBar];

...aaand, VIOLA! ;)

Thanks for all the answers though, and as mentioned, would appreciate an explanation why this worked and what it did.

All the best, Piotr.

UISearchBar not responding when clicked

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