UISearchBar change placeholder color

Has anyone any idea or code sample on how can I change the text color of the placeholder text of a UISearchBar?

Solution 1:

for iOS5+ use the appearance proxy

[[UILabel appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTextColor:[UIColor redColor]];

Solution 2:

Found the answer from Change UITextField's placeholder text color programmatically

// Get the instance of the UITextField of the search bar
UITextField *searchField = [searchBar valueForKey:@"_searchField"];

// Change search bar text color
searchField.textColor = [UIColor redColor];

// Change the search bar placeholder text color
[searchField setValue:[UIColor blueColor] forKeyPath:@"_placeholderLabel.textColor"];