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iphoneobjective-ciosipaduisearchbar
adit
adit

Reputation: 33674

UISearchBar clear background image

I have the following code for my UISearchBar:

 UISearchBar * searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 44)];
    searchBar.placeholder = @"Search for a tag";
    searchBar.delegate = self;

The result is as follows:

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I'd like to change the white background to a clear color. How do I do this? Basically I want the textField background color to be clear.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6500

Answers (7)

TomG103
TomG103

Reputation: 312

Ok, this is a clear background, the "Search" placeholder is grey and as is the spyglass icon thingy.

[self.searchBar setPlaceholder:@"Search          "; //the spaces push it to left align as there is no left align for the UISearchBar
[self.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"thatSearchIconThing"] forBarPosition:UIBarPositionTop barMetrics:UIBarMetricsLandscapePhone]; //my app is landscape
[self.search setSearchBarStyle:UISearchBarStyleMinimal];

Upvotes: 0

Jacky Li
Jacky Li

Reputation: 51

for iOS 7, please use 

[searchBar setBarTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

for ios 6, use

[searchBar setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

Upvotes: 0

3lvis
3lvis

Reputation: 4180

If you are supporting iOS 5 and above just do:

[self.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[[UIImage alloc] init]];

Upvotes: 4

Wasif Saood
Wasif Saood

Reputation: 2008

use this code:

searchBar.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];

Upvotes: 0

jaym
jaym

Reputation: 1263

Make transparent Image, and use that image with below code.

[search setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bg_search.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Upvotes: 2

Hector
Hector

Reputation: 3907

Try this: 

[[searchBar.subviews objectAtIndex:0] removeFromSuperview];

Upvotes: 1

Maulik
Maulik

Reputation: 19418

Try below code to clear background color :

//to clear searchbar backgraound
- (void) clearSearchBarBg
{
    for (UIView *subview in theSearchBar.subviews) 
    {
        if ([subview isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UISearchBarBackground")]) 
        {
            [subview removeFromSuperview];
            break;
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

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