iOS 11 customise search bar in navigation bar

Question

I want to change the color of the text and icon in the iOS 11 searchbar when it is embedded in the navigation bar. So placeholder text, search text and search icon.

Answer 1

Set Search Text Color

(UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]) ).defaultTextAttributes = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white]

Set Search Placeholder Color

(UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]) ).attributedPlaceholder = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white]