Colour changed in iOS7.1, how to change searchBar colour?

Question

On iOS7.0.3 - 7.0.6, my searchBar colour is Gold/yellow colour like this:

But

Answer 1

I used next approach for changing backgroundColor of searchBar

1.As suggested by @Ben Jackson - set BackgroundImage

[self.searchBar setBackgroundImage:[self imageWithColor:[UIColor blueColor]] forBarPosition:UIBarPositionAny
                        barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];

2.Change textField to what u need according to design

NSArray *searchBarSubViews = [[self.searchBar.subviews objectAtIndex:0] subviews];
for( int i = 0; i < searchBarSubViews.count; i++) {
    if([[searchBarSubViews objectAtIndex:i] isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {
        UITextField *searchTextField = (UITextField *)[searchBarSubViews objectAtIndex:i];
        [searchTextField setTintColor:[UIColor blueColor]];
        searchTextField.placeholder = @"Search";
        searchTextField.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
        searchTextField.layer.borderColor = [UIColor blueColor].CGColor;
        searchTextField.layer.borderWidth = 1.0f;
        searchTextField.layer.cornerRadius = 8.0f;
        searchTextField.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;
    }
}

Also method for image from color - here

Result:

Answer 2

None of the above answers worked for me on iOS 7/8. Here's some setup code that did the trick:

searchBar = [[UISearchBar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, CGRectGetWidth(self.view.frame), 44)];
searchBar.scopeButtonTitles = @[@"Scope1", @"Scope2"];
searchBar.selectedScopeButtonIndex = 0;
searchBar.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
searchBar.barTintColor = [UIColor clearColor];
searchBar.translucent = YES; // SUPER IMPORTANT, REMOVING THIS MESSED UP THE SCOPE BAR

// ONLY USE IMAGES, NOT BACKGROUND COLORS
UIImage *searchBarBackgroundImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"SearchBarBackgroundImage"];
UIImage *scopeBarBackgroundImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"ScopeBarBackgroundImage"];
[searchBar setBackgroundImage:searchBarBackgroundImage
               forBarPosition:UIBarPositionAny
                   barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
searchBar.scopeBarBackgroundImage = scopeBarBackgroundImage;
searchBar.tintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

Answer 3

Try this:

if(IOS_7)
{
self.searchBar.searchBarStyle = UISearchBarStyleMinimal;
self.searchBar.backgroundImage = [UIImage imageWithColor:[UIColor redColor] cornerRadius:5.0f];
}

Hopefully this will help you.