Hide UISearchBar clear text button

Question

I would like to know how to hide or not display the UISearchBar cross that appears in the textField fo the UISearchBar

I have

Answer 1

Swift 3 solution :

extension UISearchBar{
    var textField : UITextField{
        return self.value(forKey: "_searchField") as! UITextField
    }
}

Usage :

searchBar.textField.clearButtonMode = .never

Answer 2

thijsonline's answer in swift:

(UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self])).clearButtonMode = .never

Answer 3

Swift 5

Tested on iOS 13

One liner working for me:

searchBar.searchTextField.clearButtonMode = .never

You can also set it to .whileEditing to have it displayed when the user is typing and then removed when the search bar loses focus.

Answer 4

Swift 4

Adding to Alexander's answer and block user interaction on clear button:

To hide button:

searchBar.setImage(UIImage(), for: .clear, state: .normal)

To disable user interaction on the clear button, simply subclass UISearchBar

class CustomSearchBar: UISearchBar {

    override func hitTest(_ point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? {
        let view = super.hitTest(point, with: event)
        if view is UIButton {
            return view?.superview // this will pass-through all touches that would've been sent to the button
        }
        return view
    }
}

Answer 5

Try this:

- (void)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar textDidChange:(NSString *)searchText {
    UITextField *textField = [searchBar valueForKey:@"_searchField"];
    textField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;

}

Answer 6

In Case of Swift 2.3 just use :

var searchBar = UISearchBar();
searchBar.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 00, 20))
for subview: UIView in (searchBar.subviews.first?.subviews)!
        {
            if (subview.isKindOfClass(UITextField) )
            {
                let textFieldObject = (subview as! UITextField)
                textFieldObject.clearButtonMode = .Never;
            }
        }