I have a cities
array that I want the user the add.
On the add screen
I want that when the user start typing, the options for the cities (from the array) will be displayed in a table view.
I've searched on the internet for hours but everything seems to be old and not up-to-date (apple deprecated some things in iOS 8 and 9).
I'm searching for an up-to-date tutorial on how to do it, anyone can help?
Thank you!
If I may clarify..., do you want to search/filter on the cities array?
Either way, this is the way I do it with UISearchController in iOS9.
0) You need these protocols (if it's a tableView):
@interface YourViewController () <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UISearchControllerDelegate, UISearchBarDelegate, UISearchResultsUpdating>
1) Declare these properties:
@property (nonatomic, strong) UISearchController *searchController;
@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray *searchResults;
3) in viewWillAppear and viewWillDisappear
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
if (!_searchController.searchBar.superview) {
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = self.searchController.searchBar;
}
if (!self.searchController.active && self.searchController.searchBar.text.length == 0) {
self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, CGRectGetHeight(self.searchController.searchBar.frame));
}
}
- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillDisappear:animated];
if (self.searchController.isActive) {
self.searchController.active = NO;
}
}
3) Getter/Setters for the searchController:
#pragma mark - Getters / Setters
- (UISearchController *)searchController {
if (!_searchController) {
_searchController = [[UISearchController alloc]initWithSearchResultsController:nil];
_searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self;
_searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = NO;
_searchController.searchBar.delegate = self;
[_searchController.searchBar sizeToFit];
}
return _searchController;
}
- (NSArray *)searchResults {
NSString *searchString = self.searchController.searchBar.text;
if (searchString.length > 0) {
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF CONTAINS[c] %@", searchString];
return [self.cities filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
}
else {
return self.cities;
}
return @[];
}
4) Update tableView:
#pragma mark - UITableViewDataSource
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
if (self.searchController.isActive && self.searchController.searchBar.text.length > 0) {
return self.searchResults.count;
}
else {
return self.cities.count;
}
return 0;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
UITableViewCell *cell;
NSString *cityName = @"";
cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"YourIdentifier" forIndexPath:indexPath];
if (self.searchController.isActive && (![self.searchController.searchBar.text isEqualToString:@""])) {
cityName = [self.searchResults objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
else {
cityName = [self.cities objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
((YourTableViewCell *)cell).cityNameLabel.text = cityName;
}
return cell;
}
5) Update UISearchControllerDelegate
#pragma mark - UISearchControllerDelegate
- (void)updateSearchResultsForSearchController:(UISearchController *)searchController {
[self.tableView reloadData];
}
Anyways, that's the jist of it. Good luck. There's plenty of tutorials on this as well.