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 5

Just add a single line below

searchBar.searchTextField.clearButtonMode = .never

Answer 2

You can remove the clear text button for all UISearchBar instances:

[UITextField appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:@[[UISearchBar class]]].clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;

Answer 3

Converting Soto_iGhost's answer to Swift 4:

func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {

    let textField: UITextField = searchBar.value(forKey: "_searchField") as! UITextField
    textField.clearButtonMode = .never
}

If you have an outlet of UISearchBar the you can write above code anywhere in your class.