Can the height of the UISearchbar TextField be modified?

Question

I\'m testing out my UI and I find the search bar a little bit too narrow for my liking. I also want to make sure people with poorer vision or poorer manual dexterity have n

Answer 1

This is the correct Swift 4.0 answer on how to change the height of a UISearchBar:

  let image = getImageWithColor(color: UIColor.clear, size: CGSize(width: 1, height: 40))
  searchBar.setSearchFieldBackgroundImage(image, for: .normal)

Using following method:

  func getImageWithColor(color: UIColor, size: CGSize) -> UIImage {
        let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, 0)
        color.setFill()
        UIRectFill(rect)
        let image: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return image
    }

Tested on 4th. June. 2018

Answer 2

Update for Swift 4.2/iOS 12.1:

let newHeight : CGFloat = 45
for subview in searchBar.subviews {
    for subsubview in subview.subviews {
        if let textField = subsubview as? UITextField {
            var currentTextfieldBounds = textField.bounds
            currentTextfieldBounds.size.height = newHeight
            textField.bounds = currentTextfieldBounds
            textField.borderStyle = .roundedRect
            textField.contentVerticalAlignment = .center
        }
    }
}