How to change inside background color of UISearchBar component on iOS

Question

I know how to remove/change UISearchBar background color around search field:

[[self.searchBar.subviews objectAtIndex:0] removeFromSuperview]; self.searchBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor]; 

But don't know how to do this inside it like that:

This needs to be compatible with iOS 4.3+.

Answer 1

Just customize the text field itself.

I am simply doing this and it works fine for me (iOS 7).

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

This way you don't need to create an image, size it, etc...