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

It is easy from iOS 13.0 onwards, You can simply use searchTextField property of a search bar to update attributed properties of the placeholder.

self.searchController.searchBar.searchTextField.attributedPlaceholder =  NSAttributedString.init(string: "Search anything...", attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor:UIColor.red])

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