UISearchBar change placeholder color

Question

Has anyone any idea or code sample on how can I change the text color of the placeholder text of a UISearchBar?

Answer 1

Swift 5 - ios 13:

Those who are stuck let me tell you it is going to work only in viewDidLayoutSubviews not in viewDidLoad

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {

    setupSearchBar(searchBar: YourSearchBar)

}

    func setupSearchBar(searchBar : UISearchBar) {

    searchBar.setPlaceholderTextColorTo(color: UIColor.white)        

   }

extension UISearchBar
{
    func setPlaceholderTextColorTo(color: UIColor)
    {
        let textFieldInsideSearchBar = self.value(forKey: "searchField") as? UITextField
        textFieldInsideSearchBar?.textColor = color
        let textFieldInsideSearchBarLabel = textFieldInsideSearchBar!.value(forKey: "placeholderLabel") as? UILabel
        textFieldInsideSearchBarLabel?.textColor = color
    }
}

Happy coding :)