I am trying to set background image to UISearchBar but background image is not getting displaying in my iPhone application

Question

In my iPhone app I am trying to set background image to UISearch Bar, my image is not getting displayed.

Here is my code

UISearchBar * tempSearchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake( 0, 0, self.view.bounds.size.width, 40 )];

self.searchBar = tempSearchBar;
tempSearchBar.delegate = self; 
self.searchBar.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
self.searchBar.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
self.searchBar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlack;
self.searchBar.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
self.searchBar.backgroundImage=[UIImage imageNamed:@"Searchbox.png"];
self.searchBar.placeholder = @"Search My Data";
[self.searchBar sizeToFit];  

[self.view addSubview:self.searchBar];
[tempSearchBar release];

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14134443/make-uitextfield-to-function-like-uisearchbar/14134492#14134492 — Murali, Mar 04 '13 at 05:57
[self.searchBar setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"inputbox.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; — Abdul Yasin, Sep 03 '13 at 09:24

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '13 at 05:56

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

By using above method I can set bg Image for searchBar

answered Mar 04 '13 at 05:56

Nishi

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zeeawan · Answer 2 · 2015-01-22T12:14:22.943

[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_bar"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

While Interface Builder provides the equivalent functionality of the following code (not the desired effect though)

[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_bar"] forBarPosition:UIBarPositionAny barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 25 '14 at 06:45

(void) clearSearchBarBg {

for (UIView *subview in searchBarCity.subviews) {

    if ([subview isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UISearchBarBackground")])
    {
        [subview removeFromSuperview];
        break;
    }

}

for (UIView *subview in searchBarCity.subviews)
{

    if ([subview conformsToProtocol:@protocol(UITextInputTraits)])
    {
        [(UITextField *)subview setClearButtonMode:UITextFieldViewModeNever];
    }
}
for(UIView *subView in searchBarCity.subviews)
{

    if([subView isKindOfClass: [UITextField class]])
    {
        [(UITextField *)subView setKeyboardAppearance: UIKeyboardAppearanceAlert];
    }
}

UITextField *searchField = [searchBarCity valueForKey:@"_searchField"];
[searchField setBackground:[UIImage imageNamed:@"SearchInputBox.png"]];// = [UIColor clearColor];

searchField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleNone;
[searchField setTextColor:[UIColor blackColor]];

UIImageView* image =[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];
image.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"navigationBarColorCode.png"];
image.userInteractionEnabled = FALSE;
[searchBarCity insertSubview:image belowSubview:searchField];

searchBarCity.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
searchBarCity.placeholder = @"Search";

}

Venkat Reddy · Answer 4 · 2016-08-16T13:36:12.687

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Use below code

[self.searchBar setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_box.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal]; 
self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.barTintColor = [UIColor clearColor];
self.searchBar.tintColor=[UIColor orangeColor];

edited Aug 16 '16 at 13:36

answered Dec 19 '14 at 06:20

Venkat Reddy

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 24 '18 at 09:49

Set the background image of the SearchBar:

[self.searchController.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage new] forBarPosition:UIBarPositionAny barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

then change SearchField Background Image:

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

If you don't want to show the Search Icon in the search bar then do the following:

UITextField *searchField = (UITextField *)[self.searchController.searchBar valueForKey:@"searchField"];
searchField.leftView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, LEFT_VIEW_WIDTH, searchField.frame.size.height)];

I am trying to set background image to UISearchBar but background image is not getting displaying in my iPhone application

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