How to change searchbar's scope colors?

Question

Swift 3, I'm trying to change the search bars text color from blue to black. For example the "cancel" and the scope bars blue text and border color is blue, I want it black.

This is what I have.

And I tried this line but I don't know enough and this line doesnt work as you can see.

searchController.searchBar.setScopeBarButtonTitleTextAttributes([NSBackgroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.black], for: UIControlState.normal)

viewDidLoad

// Search Bar
searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
searchController.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
definesPresentationContext = true
myTableView.tableHeaderView = searchController.searchBar

// Search Bar Border
let searchBar = searchController.searchBar
searchBar.backgroundImage = UIImage()

// Scope Bar
searchController.searchBar.scopeButtonTitles = ["All", "Released", "Unreleased", "Open Beta"]
searchController.searchBar.delegate = self

rest of searchBar code

// SEARCH BAR: Filtering Content
func filterContentForSearchText(searchText: String, scope: String = "All") {

    filteredFollowedArray = followedArray.filter { Blog in

        let categoryMatch = (scope == "All") || (Blog.blogType == scope)

        return categoryMatch && (Blog.blogName.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased()))
    }

    filteredBlogArray = blogArray.filter { Blog in

        let categoryMatch = (scope == "All") || (Blog.blogType == scope)

        return categoryMatch && (Blog.blogName.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased()))
    }

    myTableView.reloadData()
}

// SEARCH BAR: Updating Results
func updateSearchResults(for searchController: UISearchController) {

    filterContentForSearchText(searchText: searchController.searchBar.text!)
}

func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {}

func searchBarTextDidEndEditing(_ searchBar: UISearchBar) {}

func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {}

// SEARCH BAR: Scope
func searchBar(_ searchBar: UISearchBar, selectedScopeButtonIndexDidChange selectedScope: Int) {

    filterContentForSearchText(searchText: searchBar.text!, scope: searchBar.scopeButtonTitles![selectedScope])
}

// SEARCH BAR: Updating Scope
func updateSearchResultsForSearchController(searchController: UISearchController) {

    let searchBar = searchController.searchBar
    let scope = searchBar.scopeButtonTitles![searchBar.selectedScopeButtonIndex]

    filterContentForSearchText(searchText: searchController.searchBar.text!, scope: scope)
}

// Deallocating Search Bar
deinit{
    if let superView = searchController.view.superview {
        superView.removeFromSuperview()
    }
}

new code:

// Search Bar
searchController.searchBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
searchController.searchBar.barTintColor = UIColor.white

// Coloring SearchBar Cancel button
let cancelButtonAttributes: NSDictionary = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.black]
    UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(cancelButtonAttributes as? [String : AnyObject], for: UIControlState.normal)

 // Scope: Selected text
 let titleTextAttributesSelected = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.white]
    UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(titleTextAttributesSelected, for: .selected)

 // Scope: Normal text
 let titleTextAttributesNormal = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.black]
    UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(titleTextAttributesNormal, for: .normal)

But the scope bar is still blue and it needs to be black

updated picture

Answer 1

You´re missing a few things, here is the way to do it for your search bar:

let cancelButtonAttributes: NSDictionary =[NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.black]
UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(cancelButtonAttributes as? [String : AnyObject], for: UIControlState.normal)

And for your segmented control:

// Selected text
let titleTextAttributesSelected = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.green]
UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(titleTextAttributesSelected, for: .selected)

// Normal text
let titleTextAttributesNormal = [NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.black]
UISegmentedControl.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes(titleTextAttributesNormal, for: .normal)