UISearchDisplayController Not Displaying Results in searchResultsTableView - objective-c

Question

I have a UISearchDisplayController properly connected to the header of a custom UITableView in IB. However, when I search for anything the searchResultsTableView only displays "No Results", and I cannot seem to find where the code is incorrect.
searchResults Property
- (NSMutableArray *)searchResults {
if (!_searchResults) {
_searchResults = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:self.listingPreviews.count];
}
return _searchResults;
}
Table View Data Source Methods
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
// Return the number of rows in the section.
NSInteger numberOfRows = 0;
if (tableView == self.tableView) {
numberOfRows = self.listingPreviews.count;
} else {
numberOfRows = self.searchResults.count;
}
return numberOfRows;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Listing";
ListingPreviewTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (!cell) {
cell = [[ListingPreviewTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
}
// Configure the cell.
if (tableView == self.tableView) {
cell.listingPreview = [self.listingPreviews objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
} else {
NSLog([[self.searchResults objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] title]);
cell.listingPreview = [self.searchResults objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
return cell;
}
Search Bar Delegate Method
- (void)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText {
NSInteger searchTextLength = searchText.length;
for (ListingPreview *listingPreview in self.listingPreviews) {
if ((listingPreview.title.length >= searchTextLength) && ([listingPreview.title rangeOfString:searchText].location != NSNotFound)) {
[self.searchResults addObject:listingPreview];
}
}
}

Answer 1

Just try this instead:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Listing";
ListingPreviewTableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
// Configure the cell.
if (tableView == self.tableView) {
cell.listingPreview = [self.listingPreviews objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
} else {
NSLog([[self.searchResults objectAtIndex:indexPath.row] title]);
cell.listingPreview = [self.searchResults objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
}
return cell;
}
Please note that the change was applied on:
ListingPreviewTableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
This way you deque a Cell from your own tableView and not from the one created by UISearchDisplayController.

Answer 2

It seems that nothing in your code forces searchDisplayController to reload it's searchResultTableView.
The standard approach is to set UISearcDisplayController's delegate (note the protocol - UISearchDisplayDelegate) and implement – searchDisplayController:shouldReloadTableForSearchString:
- (BOOL)searchDisplayController:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller shouldReloadTableForSearchString:(NSString *)searchString {
// perform your search here and update self.searchResults
NSInteger searchStringLength = searchString.length;
for (ListingPreview *listingPreview in self.listingPreviews) {
if ((listingPreview.title.length >= searchStringLength) && ([listingPreview.title rangeOfString:searchString].location != NSNotFound)) {
[self.searchResults addObject:listingPreview];
}
}
// returning YES will force searchResultController to reload search results table view
return YES;
}