Change the font size of UISearchBar

Question

How can I change the font size of UISearchBar ?

Answer 1

the full code should be below:

for (UIView *v in (SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"7.0")?searchBar.subviews:[[searchBar.subviews objectAtIndex:0] subviews])) {

    if([v isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
        UITextField *textField = (UITextField *)v;
        [textField setFont:fREGULAR(@"15.0")];

        return;
    }
}

Answer 2

I know this is an old thread, but since iOS 13 UISearchBar has the searchTextField property on which you can set your desired font.

Answer 3

In swift 2.0 for a search bar created programatically you could do this:

override func layoutSubviews() {
  super.layoutSubviews()

  let textFieldInsideSearchBar = self.searchBar.valueForKey("searchField") as! UITextField
  textFieldInsideSearchBar.font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(20)
 }

In this case I put the code in a UIView subclass but it will work in other places too (i.e. viewWillAppear from the UIViewController)

Answer 4

In swift 3 , you can achieve this by :

UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]).font = UIFont(name: "AvenirNextCondensed-Regular", size: 17.0)

Answer 5

Rewrote Eugene's recursive solution in swift - changed the function name to more accurately describe function. For my case, I needed to change the font size. This worked for me.

func findAndSetTextField(view: UIView) {
    if (view.subviews.count == 0){
        return
    }

    for var i = 0; i < view.subviews.count; i++ {
        var subview : UIView = view.subviews[i] as UIView
        if (subview.isKindOfClass(UITextField)){
            var searchField : UITextField = subview as UITextField
            searchField.font = UIFont(name: "Helvetica", size: 19.0)!
         }
         findAndSetTextField(subview)
    }
}

Answer 6

iOS 13+

  searchBar.searchTextField.font = UIFont(name: "YOUR-FONT-NAME", size: 13)