Remove border between View and Search Bar

Question

So in Xcode I\'m trying to create a seamless search bar. So I\'m trying to replicate something like this

Note how the status bar is the same color as the s

Answer 1

For iOS 7+:

searchBar.backgroundImage = UIImage()

Otherwise this will work on all iOS versions:

searchBar.layer.borderWidth = 1
searchBar.layer.borderColor = thatBlueColor.CGColor