Unable to set UITextField's borderStyle to None in UISearchBar - ios

Question

I'm trying to remove the textborderstyle of the UITextField in a UISearchBar. I know that I'm getting reference to the correct object, as I'm able to change the TextBorderStyle to RoundedRect and see a visible change.
I've tried subclassing UISearchBar with the following code:
- (void)layoutSubviews {
UITextField *searchField;
NSUInteger numViews = [self.subviews count];
for(int i = 0; i < numViews; i++) {
if([[self.subviews objectAtIndex:i] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) { //conform?
searchField = [self.subviews objectAtIndex:i];
}
}
if(!(searchField == nil)) {
[searchField setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleNone];
}
[super layoutSubviews];
}
I've also tried this inside a class:
UITextField *txtSearchField = [_searchBar valueForKey:#"_searchField"];
[txtSearchField setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[txtSearchField setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleNone];
Neither of these work. By default, it seems to have UITextBorderStyleLine if I manually set it to None. I unfortunately haven't been able to find a way to remove the border style. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm trying to figure this out since I need my search bar to look like a UITextField. I'm debating just switching to a UITextField behind the scenes at this point.

Answer 1

I'm pretty certain that the only way to achieve this is to subclass UISearchBar!
Try this code in your layoutSubviews method once you have subclassed it!
- (void)layoutSubviews {
UITextField *searchField;
NSUInteger numViews = [self.subviews count];
for(int i = 0; i < numViews; i++) {
if([[self.subviews objectAtIndex:i] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) { //conform?
searchField = [self.subviews objectAtIndex:i];
}
}
if(!(searchField == nil)) {
searchField.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[searchField setBackground: [UIImage imageNamed:#"buscador.png"] ];
[searchField setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleNone];
}
[super layoutSubviews];
}
The question found here remove the border of uitextfield in uisearchbar answers your initial question!
You can also reference How to customize apperance of UISearchBar for more information!
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Just not to overlook the comment (I just did, when I landed in this same issue and came to this question). If,programmatically, your UITextField's borderStyle does 'not' get set to UITextBorderStyleNone, then try setting the background or backgroundColor property of the UITextField 'before' setting its borderStyle! And it works!