iOS 7 UISearchBar customization when it is first responder

Question

I'm trying add background image on my search bar when it going to navigation bar. But if I'm writing something like this:

self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.barTintColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"searchBarBG2.png"]];

there is always black color and it look bad at status bar:

The size of my image is 320:64

Answer 1

Try this:

searchBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
searchBar.backgroundImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@ searchBarBG2.png"];

Answer 2

For iOS7, try doing

self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.searchBarStyle = UISearchBarStyleMinimal;

[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[self imageWithColor:[UIColor yourColor]] forBarPosition:0 barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];