How to make the text entry and keyboard active when loading a UISearchDisplayController

Question

I have a UITableViewController which implements UISearchDisplayDelegate and UISearchBarDelegate

when I load i would like the text entry to be active and the keyboard displayed so the user can begin typing immediately.

I tried

[self.searchDisplayController setActive:YES];

in the viewDidLoad method.

The field becomes active and the cancel button is displayed but the keyboard does not appear.

Answer 1

You can send becomeFirstResponder to the search bar or the search bar delegate to bring up the keyboard.