iOS 13 Set UISearchTextField placeholder color

Question

How do you set the placeholder color of iOS 13\'s UISearchTextField?

I tried the following with no success:

searchField.attributedPlaceh         


        

Answer 1

I found the following code snippet worked:

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now()+0.5) {
    // Stackoverflow said the above doesn't work on viewDidLoad style methods, so running it async after a 0.5s delay to workaround.  Works.
    searchField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string:"Search", attributes: attributesDictionary)
}