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

Try this:

[self.searchBar setValue:[UIColor whatever] forKeyPath:@"_searchField._placeholderLabel.textColor"];

You can also set this in storyboard, select search bar, add entry under User Defined Runtime Attributes:

_searchField._placeholderLabel.textColor

of type Color and select the color you need.