UISearchBar cancel button color?

Question

When I drop a UISearchBar into my view inside Interface Builder, and change its style to Black Opaque, the cancel button stays unfittingly blue / gray and doesn\'t become bl

Answer 1

Try this and see: (I tested below code with Swift 4.1 - Xcode 9.3-beta4)

@IBOutlet weak var sbSearchBar: UISearchBar!

sbSearchBar.showsCancelButton = true
sbSearchBar.barTintColor = UIColor.blue
sbSearchBar.tintColor = UIColor.red

if let buttonItem = sbSearchBar.subviews.first?.subviews.last as? UIButton {
    buttonItem.setTitleColor(UIColor.yellow, for: .normal)
}