How to hide/Remove the search bar on Contact Picker - iphone

Question

I am adding a contact picker in my app, however, I do not want the search functionality.
How to hide/Remove the search bar on Contact Picker (ABPeoplePickerNavigationController)?

Answer 1

static BOOL foundSearchBar = NO;
- (void)findSearchBar:(UIView*)parent mark:(NSString*)mark {
for( UIView* v in [parent subviews] ) {
//if( foundSearchBar ) return;
NSLog(#"%#%#",mark,NSStringFromClass([v class]));
if( [v isKindOfClass:[UISearchBar class]] ) {
[(UISearchBar*)v setTintColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
v.hidden=YES;
// foundSearchBar = YES;
break;
}
if( [v isKindOfClass:[UITableView class]] ) {
CGRect temp =v.frame;
temp.origin.y=temp.origin.y-44;
temp.size.height=temp.size.height+44;
v.frame=temp;
//foundSearchBar = YES;
break;
}
[self findSearchBar:v mark:[mark stringByAppendingString:#"> "]];
}
}
call above method after picker is presented as below:
-(void)showPeoplePickerController
{
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *picker = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
picker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
picker.view.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
// Display only a person's phone, email, and birthdate
NSArray *displayedItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonPhoneProperty],
[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonEmailProperty],
[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonBirthdayProperty],[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonAddressProperty],nil];
picker.displayedProperties = displayedItems;
// Show the picker
[self presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:nil];
[self findSearchBar:[picker view] mark:#"> "];
[picker release];
}

Answer 2

-(void)showAddressBook {
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *addressBook = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
[addressBook setPeoplePickerDelegate:self];
addressBook.delegate = self;
addressBook.navigationBar.topItem.title = #"iPhone Contacts";
UIView *view = addressBook.topViewController.view;
for (UIView *v in view.subviews) {
if ( [v isKindOfClass:[UITableView class]] ) {
CGRect temp = v.frame;
temp.origin.y = temp.origin.y - 44;
temp.size.height = temp.size.height + 44;
v.frame = temp;
}
}
[addressBook release];
}
- (void)navigationController:(UINavigationController*)navigationController willShowViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated {
if ([navigationController isKindOfClass:[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController class]]) {
UISearchDisplayController *searchDisplayController = navigationController.topViewController.searchDisplayController;
[searchDisplayController.searchBar setHidden:YES];
}
}