How to change the default text of Cancel Button which appears in the UISearchBar +iPhone

Question

I am developing an Application where I wanted to change the text of Search String in the SearchBar. I wanted to change the text of Cancel Button Also which appears next to t

Answer 1

On iOS 7, if you've set displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar = YES on UISearchDisplayController, replacing the cancel button title via subview recursion or the appearance proxy will not work.

Instead, use your own bar button in viewDidLoad:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.searchDisplayController.displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar = YES;
    UIBarButtonItem *barItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"A Custom Title", nil)
                                                                style:UIBarButtonItemStyleBordered
                                                               target:self
                                                               action:@selector(cancelButtonTapped:)];

    // NB: Order is important here.
    //     Only do this *after* setting displaysSearchBarInNavigationBar to YES
    //     as that's when UISearchDisplayController creates it's navigationItem
    self.searchDisplayController.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = barItem;
}