Modifying UISearchBar Cancel button font text color and style

Question

Is there any way to change the text font and color of the UISearchBar Cancel button without subclassing the searchbar?

Answer 1

You can change Cancel button styling by changing the appearance of UIBarButtonItem when contained in UISearchBar.

For example,

[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTitleTextAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:                                                       [UIColor blueColor],                                                        UITextAttributeTextColor,                                                        [UIColor darkGrayColor],                                                        UITextAttributeTextShadowColor,                                                        [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0, -1)],                                                        UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset,                                                       nil]                                              forState:UIControlStateNormal];