Dismiss UISearchBar keyboard without affecting cancel button

Question

I am trying to reproduce the functionality that can be seen in the contacts app on the iphone. I have a UISearchBar that dismisses the keyboard when the search button is clicked. This however deactivitates the cancel button and it requires 2 touches to activate. On the contacts app it is not deactivated when the search button is clicked and the keyboard is dismissed.

So what I am asking is how to dismiss the keyboard without deactivating the cancel button on the uiSearchBar?

I have tried

func searchBarSearchButtonClicked(searchBar: UISearchBar) {

//Some other code

//I have Tried
//Attempt 1
 self.searchBar.endEditing(true)
//Attempt 2
  self.searchBar.resignFirstResponder()
//Attempt 3
  var textFieldInsideSearchBar = searchBar.valueForKey("searchField") as? UITextField
  textFieldInsideSearchBar.endEditing(true)

    }

gontovnik gontovnik · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-23T10:32:53

Delegate method parses you searchBar, so you do not have to use self.searchBar, that might be one of the issues. I usually use logic from your "Attempt 2".

You can try to implement this:

func searchBarTextDidEndEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar)

And call searchBar.resignFirstResponder().

If it does not work, then try to implement this method and return true:

func searchBarShouldEndEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) -> Bool

If you are using UISearchBar in combination with UISearchDisplatController, then try this method on searchDisplayController:

func setActive(_ visible: Bool, animated animated;: Bool)

Dismiss UISearchBar keyboard without affecting cancel button

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