Im trying to change the background color of the UITextField inside of an UISearchBar. To do this, I have tried the following:
-This simple one-liner of code:
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
This for loop:
for (UIView *subView in _searchBar.subviews) {
for(id field in subView.subviews){
if ([field isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
UITextField *textField = (UITextField *)field;
[textField setBackgroundColor:[UIColor grayColor]];
}
}
}
and this code:
UITextField *txfSearchField = [_searchBar valueForKey:#"_searchField"];
txfSearchField.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
I'd like to avoid changing the background image of the UISearchBar, so what's the new solution for iOS8? I've found no working answer on stack.
I have a UISearchBar at the top of UITableView which works great. I've been trying to customise its appearance and there is an issue when the search bar is active - it turns the status bar background colour to black. I tried the suggestions in IOS7 Status bar change to black after search is active but it didn't work for me.
App is iOS 7-only. UISearchBar is to to Minimal Search Style and Default Bar Style, translucent and default barTintColor. I've customised its appearance in my AppDelegate as follows:
[[UISearchBar appearance] setBarTintColor:AAColorInputBorder];
[[UISearchBar appearance] setBackgroundColor:AAColorInputBorder];
[[UILabel appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil]
setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
[UIColor whiteColor],NSForegroundColorAttributeName,
[UIFont fontWithName:#"Avenir" size:16], NSFontAttributeName,
nil] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Avenir" size:14]];
Does anyone have any idea on how to change the status bar background color? I want it to match the colour of the UISearchBar.
Thanks!
This is a little hack I use to extend the UISearchBar color
on viewDidLoad()
if ([self respondsToSelector:#selector(edgesForExtendedLayout)])
self.edgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdgeNone;
[self removeUISearchBarBackgroundInViewHierarchy:self.searchDisplayController.searchBar];
method:
- (void) removeUISearchBarBackgroundInViewHierarchy:(UIView *)view {
for (UIView *subview in [view subviews]) {
if ([subview isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"UISearchBarBackground")]) {
[subview removeFromSuperview];
break; //To avoid an extra loop as there is only one UISearchBarBackground
} else {
[self removeUISearchBarBackgroundInViewHierarchy:subview];
}
}
}
I have a UISearchBar contained within a UIView and the UIView has been assigned to a UITableView's tableHeaderView. I'm trying to style the UISearchBar to look like this:
Out of the gate, this is what it looks like:
There are loads of SO questions and answers on how to style UISearchBar, its search field, etc., some with particular attention to backgrounds. Many of them involve traversing the UISearchBar's subviews, finding a UISearchBarBackground (or _UISearchBarSearchFieldBackgroundView) object, and setting its background color directly. I'm trying to find a supported API for doing this, however...
The setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:forState: method seems to have great potential, but this is what I get when I use a 1px white (or transparent) image using UIControlStateNormal:
Any ideas as to how to get this to work? I'd appreciate someone pointing me to a SO post that answers this, but I really do think I've read them all. Thanks a ton.
you can use the appearanceWhenContainedIn to target elements without traversing the view hierarchy. Something like:
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor lightGrayColor]];
UPDATE:
As appearanceWhenContainedIn is now deprecated, use
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:#[[UISearchBar self]]] <your setter here>];
I think the problem here is that when you use setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:forState:, the height of your image actually determines the height of the search field. The standard search field (at least as of iOS 8) is 28 points tall, so an image that height should give the effect you're after.
(Somewhat confusingly, this also means that a nine-part stretchable image generally won't look right—so if you were going for a look that wasn't just white on white, you need to use a three-part stretchable image that only stretches horizontally.)
Above iOS 5.0
[[UISearchBar appearance] setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"YourBackground.png"]forState:UIControlStateNormal];
Please try following code
[[UISearchBar appearance]setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#“searchbar_bg.png"]];
for (UIView *searchbuttons in searchBar.subviews) {
if ([searchbuttons isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
UIButton *cancelbutton = (UIButton *)searchbuttons;
[cancelbutton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#“canelBtn.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
UITextField *searchField = [searchBar valueForKey:#"_searchField"];
searchField.background = [UIImage imageNamed:#"bg.png"];
You can use either the barTintColor or the backgroundImage property of the UISearchBar to directly accomplish what you are trying to do.
I reproduced your problem, and it seems to be solved by:
self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.barTintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
or
self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.backgroundImage = [self imageWithColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
P.S. If you are using the backgroundImage solution, you'll need to make the method imageWithColor as follows
- (UIImage *)imageWithColor:(UIColor *)color {
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [color CGColor]);
CGContextFillRect(context, rect);
UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return image;
}
Tell me if it works!
iO9 Perfect works.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[[self searchSubviewsForTextFieldIn:self.searchBar] setBackgroundColor: [UIColor redColor]];
}
- (UITextField*)searchSubviewsForTextFieldIn:(UIView*)view
{
if ([view isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
return (UITextField*)view;
}
UITextField *searchedTextField;
for (UIView *subview in view.subviews) {
searchedTextField = [self searchSubviewsForTextFieldIn:subview];
if (searchedTextField) {
break;
}
}
return searchedTextField;
}
#joneswah's answer is depricated in iOS 9.
For iOS 9 put this in your AppDelegate.m. I also added workaround for keyboard opening lag, when keyboard is initiated for the first time.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
// Remove lag on oppening the keyboard for the first time when clicked on any UITextField
UITextField *lagFreeField = [[UITextField alloc] init];
[self.window addSubview:lagFreeField];
[lagFreeField becomeFirstResponder];
[lagFreeField resignFirstResponder];
[lagFreeField removeFromSuperview];
//searchBar background color change
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:#[[UISearchBar class]]] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor greenColor]];//background color
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:#[[UISearchBar class]]] setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor];//text color
return YES;
}
As others suggested, you need to traverse through your searchbar's subviews and finding the UITextField instance. BUT, you need to set its layer.backgroundColor, as setting the backgroundColor property has no effect. I'll give an example:
for view in searchBar.subviews {
for subview in view.subviews {
if let searchField = subview as? UITextField {
searchField.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor().CGColor
}
}
}
This will give you what you need.
My answer stably works on ios 5 and above, including this 10. Without hacks and KVO, by Apple Way
The following code will achieve the result.
_sbAddress.barTintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
for (UIView *subView in _sbAddress.subviews) {
for(id field in subView.subviews){
if ([field isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
UITextField *textField = (UITextField *)field;
[textField setPlaceholder:#"Search"];
}
}
}
OR
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setPlaceholder:#"Search"];
I have found that the code in my AppDelegate:
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil]
setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]];
works to change the font of a UISearchBar created from IB. No problems there.
However, if I create the UISearchBar in code as such:
UISearchBar *bar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];
bar.placeholder = #"test";
[self.view addSubview:bar];
Then the above UITextField appearance code has no effect. Is there a way to change the font of a programmatically created UISearchBar?
Thank you!
Try this,It's Working Fine for iOS 5.0 and up: (iOS 7 also)
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"League Gothic" size:20]];
You can try this
UITextField *textField = [[searchBar subviews] objectAtIndex:1];
[textField setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:25]];
for more reference check this
You can use this
UITextField *textField = [self.searchBar valueForKey: #"_searchField"];
[textField setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:17.0]];
Hope this will help.
Is it possible to change the text color of the search bar? I don't seem to have access to the UISearchBarTextField class...
firstly, you find the subview in UISearchBar, then find the UITextField in sub View then change color
Try this code:-
for(UIView *subView in searchBar.subviews){
if([subView isKindOfClass:UITextField.class]){
[(UITextField*)subView setTextColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
}
}
for Ios 5 +
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
As of iOS 5, the right way to do this is using the appearance protocol.
For example:
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
You can set the attributes like so, call this in your controller.
[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[self class], nil] setDefaultTextAttributes:#{NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[UIColor whiteColor], NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]}];
*note that this will change all UITextFields in your controller
The original UISearchBar hierarchy has changed since the original post and the UITextField is no longer a direct subview. The below code makes no assumptions about the UISearchBar hierarchy.
This is also useful when you don't want to change the search bar's text color throughout the entire application (i.e. using appearanceWhenContainedIn).
/**
* A recursive method which sets all UITextField text color within a view.
* Makes no assumptions about the original view's hierarchy.
*/
+(void) setAllTextFieldsWithin:(UIView*)view toColor:(UIColor*)color
{
for(UIView *subView in view.subviews)
{
if([subView isKindOfClass:UITextField.class])
{
[(UITextField*)subView setTextColor:color];
}
else
{
[self setAllTextFieldsWithin:subView toColor:color];
}
}
}
Usage:
[MyClass setAllTextFieldsWithin:self.mySearchBar toColor:[UIColor blueColor]];