Search bar customization in iOS

search bar change image inside of search bar (white by default)

UITextField *searchField;

    NSUInteger numViews = [searchBar_.subviews count];

    for(int i = 0; i < numViews; i++)

    {

        if([[searchBar_.subviews objectAtIndex:i] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]])

        {                                                                              //conform?

            searchField = [searchBar_.subviews objectAtIndex:i];

        }

    }

    if(!(searchField == nil)) {

        searchField.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

        [searchField setBackground: [UIImage imageNamed:@"submit-button@2x.png"]];//just add here gray image which you display in quetion

        [searchField setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleNone];

    }

change search icon in search bar…

- (void)setSearchIconToFavicon

{

    // Really a UISearchBarTextField, but the header is private.

    UITextField *searchField = nil;

    for (UIView *subview in searchBar_.subviews) {

        if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {

            searchField = (UITextField *)subview;

            break;

        }

    }

    if (searchField) {

        UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: @"icon.png"];

        UIImageView *iView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];

        searchField.leftView = iView;

      

    }

}