MPSearchableTableViewController is a drop-in class that makes creating searchable table views super easy and gives them the Apple-like look with zero effort. MPSearchableTableViewController is licensed under the MIT license and works with iOS 3 or later.
Here are three screenshots that illustrate how your searchable table view will look like.
Simply clone the git directory and add MPSearchableTableViewController.h, MPSearchableTableViewController.m, MPTableViewSearchBarBackgroundView.h and MPTableViewSearchBarBackgroundView.m to your project.
MPSearchableTableViewController uses ARC, so you need to enable that.
Create a new class that inherits from MPSearchableTableViewController. Implement - (void)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText, which is defined in the UISearchBarDelegate protocol. That method gets called every time the search text changes. When this method gets called, you typically filter your data and refresh the search display table view by calling [self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView reloadData];. Everything else is set up by MPSearchableTableViewController for you.
MPSearchableTableViewController also comes with a working example located in the Example directory. Make sure to give it a try.
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