UISearchController change 'Cancel' button title

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How we can change the title of cancel button in search controller?

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I have written an answer to this topic here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19206757/how-to-change-textcolor-of-cancel-button-of-uisearchbar-in-ios7. Just use the SHSearchBar Cocoapod which is not such a pain in the ass like the UISearchBar. — blackjacx, Nov 25 '16 at 12:41

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 01 '15 at 18:12

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The solution provided above could change with new iOS releases. Here is a better approach:

[searchBar setValue:@"customString" forKey:@"_cancelButtonText"];

edited Jul 01 '15 at 18:12

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answered Mar 25 '15 at 10:53

Burhanuddin Sunelwala

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`_cancelButtonText` is private, it may also change with new iOS releases if Apple decides to rename it, and because it's private they can safely presume that nobody is using this name in their apps – Gobe Apr 12 '17 at 02:35
I found this value can only be changed once as well. Any other solution where I can change the text (language) dynamically? – Joshua Vidamo Apr 13 '17 at 10:27
@JoshuaVidamo no its not only once, whenever you will call the above method, it will be changed. What exactly is your question? – Burhanuddin Sunelwala Apr 13 '17 at 11:13
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This throws an exception when built on the iOS 13 SDK and the app is run on iOS 13. Is there an updated solution? – user102008 Jul 24 '19 at 17:30
@user102008 use the Appearance solution mentioned above. – Peter Suwara Aug 27 '19 at 13:30

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '16 at 13:44

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The Swift equivalent of Burhanuddin Sunelwala answer did the trick for me!

self.searchBar.setValue("custom string", forKey: "cancelButtonText")

Thanks to Burhanuddin Sunelwala for putting me in the right direction!

answered Aug 02 '16 at 13:44

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:49

You can change the "Cancel" Button in search bar using this-

for (UIView *view in searchBar.subviews)
{
    for (id subview in view.subviews)
    {
        if ( [subview isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]] )
        {
            [subview setEnabled:YES];
            UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)subview;
            [cancelButton setTitle:@"hi" forState:UIControlStateNormal];


            NSLog(@"enableCancelButton");
            return;
        }
    }
}

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Worth noting, that the preferred method for changing the Cancel button title is now via appearances (got the idea from an another question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34522163/511878):

[[UIBarButtonItem appearanceWhenContainedInInstancesOfClasses:@[[UISearchBar class]]] setTitle:@"Annuler"];

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Oct 28 '16 at 12:42

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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You should use the appearance proxy of the UISearchBar. You can find an example here - How to change the default text of Cancel Button which appears in the UISearchBar +iPhone

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answered Feb 24 '15 at 22:48

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 22 '16 at 11:15

swift version:

for view:UIView in (searchView?.subviews)!
{
        for subView:UIView in (view.subviews)
        {
            if ( subView is UIButton )
            {
                let cancelBut = subView as! UIButton

                //do stuff with cancelButton here
            }
        }
    }

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 13 '16 at 00:53

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for (UIView *subView in SearchBar.subviews) {
    if ([subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]]) {
        UIButton *cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;

        [cancelButton setTitle:@"TitleString" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
}

edited Feb 13 '16 at 00:53

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answered Feb 12 '16 at 07:48

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 30 '19 at 13:15

  class ViewController: UIViewController,UISearchResultsUpdating {
        func updateSearchResults(for searchController: UISearchController) {
            //write your code here
        }
        @IBOutlet weak var navItem: UINavigationItem!
        let searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
        override func viewDidLoad() {
            super.viewDidLoad()
            searchController.obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
            searchController.definesPresentationContext = true
            searchController.searchResultsUpdater = self
            if #available(iOS 11.0, *){
                navigationItem.searchController = searchController
                UIBarButtonItem.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]).title = "new title"
            }
            // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
        }
    }

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered May 22 '20 at 02:33

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The best and simple way that worked for me is this snippet of code:

if let cancelButton = searchBar.value(forKey: "cancelButton") as? UIButton {
    cancelButton.setTitle("Annuler", for: .normal)
}

You can modify more properties like this:

if let cancelButton = searchBar.value(forKey: "cancelButton") as? UIButton {
    cancelButton.setTitle(<your_string>, for: <UIControlState>)
    cancelButton.setTitleColor(<your_uicolor>, for: <UIControlState>)
    cancelButton.setAttributedTitle(<your_nsattributedstring>, for: <UIControlState>)
}

I hope this helps :)

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 21 '15 at 07:13

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!

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 16 '18 at 07:24

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Swift 4.2, 4.0+

A custom class that supports many customizations with the below results is added in the answer here.

answered Jul 16 '18 at 07:24

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UISearchController change 'Cancel' button title

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