UISearchBar change placeholder color

ios uisearchbar placeholder
csotiriou picture csotiriou · Aug 6, 2012 · Viewed 41.4k times · Source

Has anyone any idea or code sample on how can I change the text color of the placeholder text of a UISearchBar?

Answer

Zayin Krige picture Zayin Krige · Jul 2, 2013

for iOS5+ use the appearance proxy

[[UILabel appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor redColor]];

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