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

Converting Soto_iGhost's answer to Swift 4:

func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {

    let textField: UITextField = searchBar.value(forKey: "_searchField") as! UITextField
    textField.clearButtonMode = .never
}

If you have an outlet of UISearchBar the you can write above code anywhere in your class.