iOS 5.x - detecting when user clicked on the search text field

Question

How do I detect when the user pressed the empty text field in a generic search bar?

Answer 1

1) You should set delegate property of your text field (UITextField or UISearchBar).

2) The you should implement in delegate following method:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField

or

- (BOOL)searchBarShouldBeginEditing:(UISearchBar *)searchBar

that will be called whenever user wants to enter text.