iOS - Customizing Cancel button of UISearchBar

Question

In my iOS5 iPhone application, i'm setting the tint color of search bar using following code:

searchBar.tintColor = UIColorMake(@"#EFEFEF");

RGB value of #efefef is (239,239,239)
Its working fine. But when cancel button appears the text "Cancel" is not visible. Can I customize only the cancel button with transparent black and white text on that?
is it possible to customize?

Answer 1

You can customize the Cancel button on iOS 5 by using the appearance proxy. You need to change appearance of UIBarButtonItem when contained in UISearchBar. For example to change the title font of the Cancel button you can use:

NSDictionary *attributes =
    [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
     [UIColor whiteColor], UITextAttributeTextColor,
     [UIColor colorWithRed:0 green:0 blue:0 alpha:0.5], UITextAttributeTextShadowColor,
     [NSValue valueWithUIOffset:UIOffsetMake(0, 1)], UITextAttributeTextShadowOffset,
     [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12], UITextAttributeFont,
     nil];
[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil]
    setTitleTextAttributes:attributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil]
    setTitleTextAttributes:attributes forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];