Make UISearchBar background clear

Question

I am not able to clear search bar I have tried to make it clear by setting its background color clear and I have also placed one image under searchbar

I have also ma

Answer 1

Setting the backgroundColor and barTintColor did not work me iOS 9+, left me with a black background. However Ruozi solution will work. Here is a swift version of the same code.

for view in _searchBar.subviews.last!.subviews {
    if view.isKindOfClass(NSClassFromString("UISearchBarBackground")!) {
        view.removeFromSuperview()
    }
}