I'm trying to set background color for a text field inside a search bar. At first I did this:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:@[[UISearchBar class]]].backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
return YES;
}
and it doesn't work. The color remains white. Ok. I got it working by calling this code:
UISearchBar* searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 150, 44)];
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = searchBar;
[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:@[[UISearchBar class]]].backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
from viewDidLoad. But it works only once. When opening another view controller of this class the background color remains unchanged.
You can try it yourself. Just create a simple template iOS app and add UISearchBar. Then try to set background color for its text field via UIAppearance.
What's wrong? Is it an iOS bug? I know I can traverse through all the search bar's subviews, find UITextField and set its background color but I want to find out what's happening.
