Customising UISearchBar in iOS 7

Question

I have a UISearchBar whose appearance I want to customise. The suggestion in this post worked before the update to iOS 7. But now I'm not sure how to do it. I mainly want to customise the Cancel button. Does anybody know how?

Question answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18956255/ios-change-the-title-of-cancel-button-in-uisearchbar/18956420 — Guy Kogus, Sep 24 '13 at 10:00
Doesn't work in iOS 7. The person who has answered that question has mentioned that he has only tried it on iOS 6. — Rameez Hussain, Sep 24 '13 at 10:38
Look at my answer to that question. Tried it and it works on iOS 7 :) — Guy Kogus, Sep 24 '13 at 11:10
The recursive approach worked! Thank you. Maybe you should post it here so I can accept the answer. :) — Rameez Hussain, Sep 24 '13 at 11:31

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '13 at 13:07

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You need to search for the button recursively. This should be a fail-safe way to do it:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self convertButtonTitle:@"Cancel" toTitle:@"Annuller" inView:self.searchBar];
}

- (void)convertButtonTitle:(NSString *)from toTitle:(NSString *)to inView:(UIView *)view
{
    if ([view isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]])
    {
        UIButton *button = (UIButton *)view;
        if ([[button titleForState:UIControlStateNormal] isEqualToString:from])
        {
            [button setTitle:to forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        }
    }

    for (UIView *subview in view.subviews)
    {
        [self convertButtonTitle:from toTitle:to inView:subview];
    }
}

I've tested this on iOS 7 only, but it works and should do so for iOS 6 too.

answered Sep 24 '13 at 13:07

Guy Kogus

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Thanks, also, I can't seem to be able to change the frame of the cancel button. Any idea why? – Rameez Hussain Sep 24 '13 at 13:35
Nope, haven't had a chance to try that. Maybe try changing it in `viewDidLayoutSubviews`? – Guy Kogus Sep 24 '13 at 14:34
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Then it may require subclassing the UISearchBar. – Guy Kogus Sep 27 '13 at 08:27
Probably. I will try that too. – Rameez Hussain Sep 27 '13 at 09:28

Customising UISearchBar in iOS 7

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