iOS Change the title of cancel button in UISearchBar

Question

I wish to change the title of the cancel button in iOS. I have been using this previously:

- (void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayCon         


        

Answer 1

in order to make it work on iOS7, you have to search in the subview of search bar:

//iOS 7 hack
searchBar.showsCancelButton = YES;
UIView* view=searchBar.subviews[0];
for (UIView *subView in view.subviews) {
    if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
        UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;

        [cancelButton setTitle:@"Anuluj" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    }
}

Answer 2

For iOS7, this works.

-(void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller{
    self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = YES;
    UIButton *cancelButton;
    UIView *topView = self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.subviews[0];
    for (UIView *subView in topView.subviews) {
        if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UINavigationButton")]) {
            cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
        }
    }
    if (cancelButton) {
      //Set the new title of the cancel button
        [cancelButton setTitle:@"YourTitle" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    }
}

Answer 3

simply do this code for it:-

- (void)searchBarTextDidBeginEditing:(UISearchBar *)searchBar
{
    /* when user start editing in serchbar this method will display cancel button and disable the autocorrection functionality */

    srcbar.showsCancelButton = YES;

    for (UIView *subView in searchBar.subviews) {
        if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
           UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;

            [cancelButton setTitle:@"hi" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        }
    }
    srcbar.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;

}

Not test in iOS7 but this working fine in iOS6 hope this working for you.

OUTPUT IS:-

Answer 4

You need to search for the button recursively. This should be a fail-safe way to do it:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [self convertButtonTitle:@"Cancel" toTitle:@"Annuller" inView:self.searchBar];
}

- (void)convertButtonTitle:(NSString *)from toTitle:(NSString *)to inView:(UIView *)view
{
    if ([view isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]])
    {
        UIButton *button = (UIButton *)view;
        if ([[button titleForState:UIControlStateNormal] isEqualToString:from])
        {
            [button setTitle:to forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        }
    }

    for (UIView *subview in view.subviews)
    {
        [self convertButtonTitle:from toTitle:to inView:subview];
    }
}

I've tested this on iOS 7 only, but it works and should do so for iOS 6 too.

Answer 5

here is my solution for both ios6 & ios7

#define IS_IOS7 (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1)
- (void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller
{
    self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = YES;

    UISearchBar *searchBar = self.searchDisplayController.searchBar;
    UIView *viewTop = IS_IOS7 ? searchBar.subviews[0] : searchBar;
    NSString *classString = IS_IOS7 ? @"UINavigationButton" : @"UIButton";

    for (UIView *subView in viewTop.subviews) {
        if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(classString)]) {
            UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
            [cancelButton setTitle:@"your title" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

@Nitin Gohel Like so?

- (void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller{
  self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.showsCancelButton = YES;
  UIButton *cancelButton = nil;
  for (UIView *subView in self.searchDisplayController.searchBar.subviews) {
     if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UIButton")]) {
         cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;

         [cancelButton setTitle:@"Annuller" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
     }
 }

}