How to customize appearance of UISearchBar

Question

I want to customize the search bar, I mean the white box. Can I do it? Is there some documentation about that? Is there a way to hide the white box, but not the letters. Can

Answer 1

// Search Bar Customization
// Background Image
[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[[UIImage alloc]init]];

// Backgroud Color
[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];

// Search Bar Cancel Button Color
[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn: [UISearchBar class], nil] setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];

// set Search Bar Search icon
[self.searchDisplayController.searchBar setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_ico.png"]
                                forSearchBarIcon:UISearchBarIconSearch
                                           state:UIControlStateNormal];

// set Search Bar textfield background image
 [[UISearchBar appearance] setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"search_box.png"]
                                                forState:UIControlStateNormal];

// set Search Bar texfield corder radius
UITextField *txfSearchField = [self.searchDisplayController.searchBar valueForKey:@"_searchField"];
txfSearchField.layer.cornerRadius = 10.8f;