iOS 7.1 UISearchBar gray view

Question

I work at an application and I tested today on iOS 7.1. Until now my search bar was normal:

Answer 1

My quick fix used some code I found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18664917/1153630

And then:

searchBar.backgroundImage = [UIImage imageWithColor:[UIColor clearColor]];

I'm still not very impressed by it though: will update answer when I find a better way.

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