How to change UISearchBar Placeholder and image tint color?

Question

I\'ve been trying search results for hours, but I can\'t get this figured out. Perhaps it isn\'t possible. I\'m trying to change the tint color of the placeholder text and m

Answer 1

extension UISearchBar {
    var textField: UITextField? { return value(forKey: "searchField") as? UITextField }
    var placeholderLabel: UILabel? { return textField?.value(forKey: "placeholderLabel") as? UILabel }
    var icon: UIImageView? { return textField?.leftView as? UIImageView }
    var iconColor: UIColor? {
        get {
            return icon?.tintColor
        }
        set {
            icon?.image = icon?.image?.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
            icon?.tintColor = newValue
        }
    }
}