How to change the default text of Cancel Button which appears in the UISearchBar +iPhone
Use the appearance proxy:
id barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar = [UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil];
[barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar setBackgroundImage:grayBackgroundImage forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
[barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar setTitleTextAttributes:@{
NSFontAttributeName : [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold" size:20],
NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor blackColor]
} forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[barButtonAppearanceInSearchBar setTitle:@"X"];
You also need to have the "searchBar setShowsCancelButton" before the procedure.
- (void)searchDisplayControllerWillBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller
{
[theSearchBar setShowsCancelButton:YES animated:NO];
for (UIView *subView in theSearchBar.subviews){
if([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]){
[(UIButton*)subView setTitle:@"Done" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}
}
Note also: use UIButton to avoid problems with Apple!
Solution for iOS 7. All credits for this go to Mr. Jesper Nielsen - he wrote the code.
-(void)searchDisplayControllerDidBeginSearch:(UISearchDisplayController *)controller {
UIButton *cancelButton;
UIView *topView = theSearchBar.subviews[0];
for (UIView *subView in topView.subviews) {
if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UINavigationButton")]) {
cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
}
}
if (cancelButton) {
[cancelButton setTitle:@"YourTitle" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}
}