Hide UISearchBar clear text button

Question

I would like to know how to hide or not display the UISearchBar cross that appears in the textField fo the UISearchBar

I have

Answer 1

Swift 4

Adding to Alexander's answer and block user interaction on clear button:

To hide button:

searchBar.setImage(UIImage(), for: .clear, state: .normal)

To disable user interaction on the clear button, simply subclass UISearchBar

class CustomSearchBar: UISearchBar {

    override func hitTest(_ point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? {
        let view = super.hitTest(point, with: event)
        if view is UIButton {
            return view?.superview // this will pass-through all touches that would've been sent to the button
        }
        return view
    }
}