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

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

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

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

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
}