halp

vc.m

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    
    UISearchBar *bar = self.searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 20)];
    [bar sizeToFit];
    bar.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
    bar.tintColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:(121.0/255.0) alpha:1.0];
    [self.view addSubview:bar];
    
    UIImageView *seal = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"seal"]];
    seal.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin;
    seal.alpha = 0.2;
    [self.view addSubview:seal];
    seal.center = self.view.center;
    
    // initializing a search display controller sets this view controller's self.searchDisplayController property
    UISearchDisplayController *searchDisplayController = [[UISearchDisplayController alloc] initWithSearchBar:self.searchBar contentsController:self];
    searchDisplayController.delegate = self;
    searchDisplayController.searchResultsDataSource = self;
    searchDisplayController.searchResultsDelegate = self;
    
    DebugLog(@"this actually works, by the way: %@", self.searchDisplayController);
    
    // squish the table view frame down by the height of the search bar
    CGRect tableViewFrame = self.view.bounds;
    tableViewFrame.origin.y += self.searchBar.bounds.size.height;
    tableViewFrame.size.height -= tableViewFrame.origin.y;
    
    UITableView *tableView = self.tableView = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:tableViewFrame style:UITableViewStylePlain];
    tableView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
    tableView.delegate = self;
    tableView.dataSource = self;
    tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.47 alpha:1.0];
    tableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;
    tableView.scrollEnabled = NO;
    [self.view addSubview:tableView];
}