How to override the cancel button in the UISearchBar

Question

I am currently using the following method to stop the cancel button item from showing up in the search bar. I have a custom UIButton that I would like to use instead.

The problem is that at the moment the built in cancel button is still showing up.

- (void)searchDisplayControllerDidBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller
{
    controller.searchBar.showsCancelButton = NO;
}

thanks for any help

are you adding search bar programaticaly or through XIB? – Master Stroke Dec 10 '12 at 10:37 — Master Stroke, Dec 10 '12 at 10:37

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:32

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You can hide your cancel button using this

- (void)searchBarTextDidBeginEditing:(UISearchBar *)searchBar
{
    [searchBar setShowsCancelButton:NO animated:YES];
}

answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:32

Rajneesh071

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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for (UIView *possibleButton in searchBar.subviews)
{  
    if ([possibleButton isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]])  
    {  
        UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)possibleButton;  
        cancelButton.enabled = YES;  
        break;
    }    
}

one go through this link UISearchBar disable auto disable of cancel button

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 10:33

ganesh manoj

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 16 '18 at 04:37

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Swift 4.2, 4.0+ of Rajneesh071 answer

func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {
    searchBar.setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: true)
}

answered Jul 16 '18 at 04:37

Kamran

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How to override the cancel button in the UISearchBar

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