set first text on UISearchBar

Question

i want to set first text on my UISearchBar -the text is "Search"-, and the text will disappear when user start typing. just like this:

how it could be.??? thanx

Answer 1

use placeholder property to set your grayish text that get disappears while text is written on it

searchBar.placeholder = @"Search";

Answer 2

[self.searchBar setPlaceholder:@"search"]