UISearchBarSearchField BackgroundView color

Question

I am trying to change the background color of the search bar text field and i have searched and tried lots of solutions but those are not working.

So, please anyone can

Answer 1

You can try this

UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [type(of: searchController.searchBar)]).backgroundColor = .yellow
UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [type(of: searchController.searchBar)]).tintColor = .blue

Output

Edit : Full Code

    var searchController = UISearchController()
    let resultsTableController = Storyboard.Home.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "GlobalTableVC") as! GlobalTableVC
    resultsTableController.tableView.delegate = self
    resultsTableController.tableView.dataSource = self

    resultsTableController.tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "SearchCell")

    searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: resultsTableController)
    searchController.searchBar.placeholder = "Search"
    searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = true
    searchController.searchBar.sizeToFit()
    searchController.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false
    searchController.searchBar.keyboardType = UIKeyboardType.alphabet
    searchController.searchBar.tintColor = UIColor.white
    searchController.searchBar.barTintColor = UIColor(hexString: "EB033B")

    UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [type(of: searchController.searchBar)]).backgroundColor = .yellow
    UITextField.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [type(of: searchController.searchBar)]).tintColor = .blue


    searchController.searchBar.delegate = self
    searchController.delegate = self
    searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self

    present(searchController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 2

After a lot more search I found the correct answer that is working for me.

if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
        if let textfield = search.searchBar.value(forKey: "searchField") as? UITextField {
            textfield.textColor = UIColor.blue

            if let backgroundview = textfield.subviews.first {
                backgroundview.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
                backgroundview.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
                backgroundview.clipsToBounds = true;
            }
        }

  }

Answer 3

Since iOS 13:

        if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
            searchController.searchBar.searchTextField.backgroundColor = .red
            searchController.searchBar.searchTextField.tintColor = .yellow
        }