IOS UISearchBar Background Color In iOS 9

Question

I have been search a while for this issue , I want my search bar display like BBC News App

I try all related method

  for view in searchBar.subviews {
        if view.isKindOfClass(NSClassFromString("UISearchBarBackground")!) {
            view.removeFromSuperview()
            break;
        }
  }

    self.searchBar.tintColor = UIColor.clearColor()
    self.searchBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
    self.searchBar.translucent = true

here is my output

Am I miss something ??? Please Help me , thx !

Answer 1

Swift 3

To remove the background altogether, set backgroundImage to an empty image:

searchBar.backgroundImage = UIImage()

To set a custom background color, use barTintcolor property:

searchBar.barTintColor = .green