Uisearchbar change edit to Background color

1.Use this code to change the search bar UITextFieldwill backgroundimage

UITextField *searchField;NSUInteger numViews = [searchBar.subviews count];for(int i = 0; i < numViews; i++) { if([[searchBar.subviews objectAtIndex:i] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) { //conform?  searchField = [searchBar.subviews objectAtIndex:i]; }}if(!(searchField == nil)) { searchField.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; [searchField setBackground: [UIImage imageNamed:@"yourImage"]];//just add here gray image which you display in quetion [searchField setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleNone];}

theCorrugated PipeChanges in code UISearchBarIcon

 UIImageView *searchIcon = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"yourSearchBarIconImage"]];searchIcon.frame = CGRectMake(10, 10, 24, 24);[searchBar addSubview:searchIcon];[searchIcon release];

also for changing the Searcbar icon Search bar which of your available iOS 5 +

- (void)setImage:(UIImage *)iconImage forSearchBarIcon:(UISearchBarIcon)icon state:(UIControlState)state

Here you can set up 4 kinds of UISearchBarIconthat UISearchBarIconBookmark UISearchBarIconClear UISearchBarIconResultsList UISearchBarIconSearchI hope this can help you ...

2.According to the Uisearchbar you this function applies to iOS 5.0 +.

- (void)setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:(UIImage *)backgroundImage forState:(UIControlState)state

Use cases:

[mySearchBar setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:myImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Sadly, in iOS 4 you need to revert to the other answers that are less visible.

3.just the custom text field itself. I'm just doing this and it works fine (iOS 7).

UITextField *txfSearchField = [_searchBar valueForKey:@"_searchField"];txfSearchField.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];

this way, you don't need to create an image, its size, and so on .

4.for changing colors only:

searchBar.tintColor = [UIColor redColor];

to apply a background image:

[self.searchBar setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:       [UIImage imageNamed:@"Searchbox.png"]          forState:UIControlStateNormal];

5.for private APIs:

for (UIView* subview in [[self.searchBar.subviews lastObject] subviews]) { if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {  UITextField *textField = (UITextField*)subview;  redColor]]; }}




Uisearchbar change edit to Background color