Is is possible to change a UISearchBar placeholder's alignment?

Question

I am going to need to show the UISearchBar in different alignments because of different input languages.
I saw this answer, but I can't find where is it that you actually align the text to the right on a UISearchBar.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

Answer 1

This is what I've done:

for (UIView *subView in self.subviews){
        if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
            UITextField *text = (UITextField*)subView;
            text.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentRight;
            text.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
        }
    }

If you also want to move the magnifying glass icon, you can do this:

text.leftView = nil;
text.rightView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_icon.png"]];

But you will have to provide the search_icon.png image.

Answer 2

Here is the solution

UITextField *searchTextField = [searchBar valueForKey:@"_searchField"];
UILabel *placeholderLabel = [searchTextField valueForKey:@"_placeholderLabel"];
[placeholderLabel setTextAlignment:NSTextAlignmentLeft];