How to return UISearchController under a title on an iPad with iOS 16?

Question

On iPad with iOS 16 searchController displaying on the right side. Like this:

How can I return the searchController's "default" view? Like this:

Answer 1

In iOS 16, there is a new property preferredSearchBarPlacement for the navigationItem, you can change it to .stacked to make it appear like previous iOS:

if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
  navigationItem.preferredSearchBarPlacement = .stacked
}