I\'m trying to create a search bar like this:
But I\'m noticing that I
The issue here is you are setting the corner radius on the UISearchBar, not the UITextField inside it. You can do some sort of hack to get the UITextField, but that's not really recommended.
As you mentioned in your question, you'll need to use custom images and the methods shown here: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UISearchBar_Class/#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007529-CH3-SW40