Hiding Cancel button on search bar in UISearchController

Question

I\'m trying to hide the Cancel button of the search bar in the UISearchController, but unfortunately setting the following in viewDidLoad() does not work:

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Answer 1

Try subclassing UISearchBar and implement:

override func layoutSubviews() {
   super.layoutSubviews()
   self.setShowsCancelButton(false, animated: false)
}

This SO thread may help you more in this direction.