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

use the below code to transparent your searchbar

// Set it to your UISearchBar appearance

[[UISearchBar appearance] setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[[UISearchBar appearance] setBackgroundImage:backgroundImage];
[[UISearchBar appearance] setSearchFieldBackgroundImage:searchFieldImage 
                                                forState:UIControlStateNormal];