UISearchBar not taking keyboard input but accepting Siri input on iOS 6

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I wrote some time ago an app using a Navigation Controller. One of the pushed views contains a UISearchDisplayController and a UISearchBar. The code worked perfectly up to iOS 5. If I compile it to target iOS 6, when selecting the search bar the keyboard appears but the search bar does not seem to accept/receive the keyboard input; however it does accept Siri's input and the search is then performed properly. This happens whether or not I set the search bar as the first responder when the view is loaded (ViewDidLoad method). If I recompile the code to target iOS5 it does work again.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 11 '12 at 10:25

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I encountered the same problem similar problem. In my case the problem was that the window that contains the UISearchBar was not the "key window." I solved the problem by calling makeKeyWindow on my application delegate's window.

[[[MyAppDelegate App] window] makeKeyWindow];

answered Oct 11 '12 at 10:25

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Older iOS templates didn't always include this - make sure you have it as it fixes a few other niggling bugs as well. – Alastair Stuart Feb 20 '13 at 15:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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I had the same problem and found this solution, which worked perfectly for me! This behavior happend with UITextView and UISearchBar. Hope it helps!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Nov 02 '12 at 16:04

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UISearchBar not taking keyboard input but accepting Siri input on iOS 6

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