UISearchBar Above Navigation Bar

Question

All the applications I have ever seen, that use UINavigationBars, have the UINavigationBar right at the top of the app. If you want to use a UISearchBar then it's usually in the 'header' of the UITableView such as this...

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What I would like to do is to put a UISearchBar object above/outside of the UINavigationBar/Controller, but i've been having some problems doing this.

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Firstly, is what I want to achieve even possible? What would the easiest way to do this be?

Starting with the navigation based application seems to make the navigationbar/view un-resizeable!

Thanks,

Jon

Answer 1

So I re-thought my layout and design, and then realised I didn't have to include the search bar in the table view header. The table UISearchBar sits above the UITableView and doesn't scroll. Winner winner chicken dinner.

Answer 2

You should be able to add the search bar and the navigation view to a root view/controller, and then manage the flow from there. Might end up in a complex flow though, so I'd only do this if that change in layout is really that important to you.