how to get iqkeyboardmanager to include UISearchBar

Question

I have been using IQKeyboardManager to controller the keyboard in my app. It works fine, except with UISearchBar. How do I make it work with UISearchBar?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '14 at 08:07

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Working with UISearchBar is explicitly disabled on IQKeyboardManager.

You should modify -(BOOL)isSearchBarTextField method to return NO here IQUIView+Hierarchy.m to work with UISearchBar.

-(BOOL)isSearchBarTextField
{
    return NO;
}

answered Aug 17 '14 at 08:07

Mohd Iftekhar Qurashi

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What is the reasoning behind explicitly disabling UISearchBar please Mohd? I'd rather not modify the library code directly if you had good reason to exclude search bar in the first place. – James Webster Jul 22 '16 at 08:21
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Library only disable toolbar, because UISearchBar should be dismiss using keyboard Search button. – Mohd Iftekhar Qurashi Jul 22 '16 at 19:02
@MohdIftekharQurashi how to do this with Swift 3.0 – ibnetariq Dec 20 '16 at 06:57

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '18 at 09:05

I made it work going to IQUIView+Hierarchy.swift and commenting the searchBar() part (as somebody else also pointed out):

if _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder == true {
        _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder = isUserInteractionEnabled == true &&
         isHidden == false && alpha != 0.0 &&
         isAlertViewTextField() == false &&
         // searchBar() == nil
    }

Be aware that it is not recommended to modify pods directly (a major problem will be that at the next pod install your changes will be wiped).

One solution (that I also use) is to fork the project, commit your changes and modify the podfile to download IQKeyboardManager from you repo.

very good approach to use your own repo! Brilliant idea! upvote I have experience with manual modification of dependencies, this is a source of nightmare for future changes, especially if someone else will work on your code. — Alex M.M., Sep 16 '19 at 13:52

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 23 '15 at 14:58

In the file "IQUIView+Hierarchy.m", change this method: -(BOOL)_IQcanBecomeFirstResponder

Change the line:

BOOL _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder = ([self canBecomeFirstResponder] && [self isUserInteractionEnabled] && ![self isHidden] && [self alpha]!=0.0 && ![self isAlertViewTextField]  && ![self isSearchBarTextField]);

To:

BOOL _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder = ([self canBecomeFirstResponder] && [self isUserInteractionEnabled] && ![self isHidden] && [self alpha]!=0.0 && ![self isAlertViewTextField]);

You just have to delete ![self isSearchBarTextField] from the condition.

Cyprille CHAUVRY · Answer 4 · 2017-05-11T11:23:50.510

I have the same issue using IQKeyboardManagerSwift with a UISearchController.

Apparently, an issue is pending on this on the official GitHub tagged as "Need Investgation". The potential solutions mentioened are :

This won't happen if:

automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = false OR

Use UITableViewController OR

searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false OR

Disable IQKeyboardManager

For me,

searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false

Did the job !

Hope this helps ;)

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