Changing the field background in a searchBar

Question

I'm creating a app where i want the same searchBar colors as in the Music App in IOS. I'm wondering how do i change the field of the searchBar, i've searched around for this, but could not find anything that works. Here is a image

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check out this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13817330/how-to-change-inside-background-color-of-uisearchbar-component-on-ios — Steve Rosenberg, Oct 03 '14 at 16:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '14 at 17:23

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Try this:

var textField = searchBar.valueForKey("searchField") as UITextField
textField.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()

answered Oct 03 '14 at 17:23

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Is this not accessing the private API? – Allreadyhome Aug 13 '15 at 10:16

Changing the field background in a searchBar

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