Add subview to tableview which doesn't scroll

I'm using a UITableViewController and want to add a searchbar.

My options are [self.tableview addSubview:searchBar] or self.tableview.tableHeaderView = searchBar Both options will scroll the searchbar along the rest of the tableview, which I understand. But is there a way to lock elements up, instead of using a UIViewController or changing the frame origin on scroll? I'm think开发者_JS百科ing of a way to get above the current view hierarchy and add a subview onto that.

I tried the opposite approach, to add a view to the superview and bring that to front

[[self.tableView superview] addSubview:searchBar]; [[self.tableView superview] bringSubviewToFront:searchBar]; }

but it didn't work.

UITableViewControllers are UIViewControllers that have their main view property being an UITableView. Thus this UITableView do takes all the screen.

The approach you are looking for is to use a standard UIViewController whose view is a standard UIView, and add your UISearchBar and the UITableView as a subview to it in IB.

To do this, simply:

• Change the class of your view controller and instead mention that it conforms to the tableview-associated protocols : change @interface UITableViewController to @interface UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
• Add a @property(nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView* tableView property to your header file, and the associated @synthesize tableView; statement in the implementation. Don't forget to set this property back to nil (self.tableView = nil) in your dealloc for good memory managment
• Link your UITableView instance in InterfaceBuilder to this newly created IBOutlet.

Thus you still have a UITableView but this won't be the main view that takes all your screen; instead you can layout your tableView like you want and make it take only a part of your screen, and position the UISearchBar above it.

Another approach would be to use the UISearchDisplayController to manage your UISearchBar.