Change the font size of UISearchBar

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pankaj picture pankaj · Jan 15, 2011 · Viewed 37.1k times · Source

How can I change the font size of UISearchBar ?

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José Manuel Sánchez picture José Manuel Sánchez · Jan 18, 2013

I suggest yet a different option for iOS 5.0 and up:

[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]];

for iOS 8 (as linked by Mike Gledhill):

[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setDefaultTextAttributes:@{
            NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:20],
      }];

for iOS 9 and above:

[[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:@[[UISearchBar class]]] setDefaultTextAttributes:@{NSFontAttributeName: [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:20]}];

This way you don't need to mess with enumerating subviews for every search bar in your app.

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