Custom UITextField clear button

Question

Is it possible to customize the image of the clear button in a UITextField? I have a dark textfield background and the \"x\" is not visible enough.

Answer 1

Tested iOS7.0 - 8.4

It is possible to update the backgroundImage of all clear buttons using the following UIAppearance method. Unfortunately you cannot update the image of the button:

UIButton *defaultClearButton = [UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UITextField class], nil];
[defaultClearButton setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"clearButtonBkg1.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

Using the following images, this results in the following clear button:

White background image @3x:

Note: This will update the background image of ALL buttons contained in textfields