iOS8 Cannot hide cancel button on search bar in UISearchController

Question

My goal is to prevent the cancel button from appearing in a search bar in a UISearchController. I started with Apple\'s Table Search with UISearchController sample code and

Answer 1

Swift:

The following worked for me, added under viewDidLoad, because I never wanted that button:

let searchBarStyle = searchBar.value(forKey: "searchField") as? UITextField
searchBarStyle?.clearButtonMode = .never

Make sure to add the ID for the searchBar in the storyboard.