Cancel Button in UISearchBar issue

Question

I have implemented search bar in my app with custom(localized) title.

for the first time when I tap on search it shows cancel button as follow:

First Time

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Second Time When I press cancel button & again tap on Search Bar, it looks fine.

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My code

   - (void)searchBarTextDidBeginEditing:(UISearchBar *)searchBar
{

    [searchBar setShowsCancelButton:YES animated:YES];


    UIButton *cancelButton;
    UIView *topView = search.subviews[0];
    for (UIView *subView in topView.subviews) {
        if ([subView isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(@"UINavigationButton")]) {
            cancelButton = (UIButton*)subView;
        }
    }
    if (cancelButton) {
        [cancelButton setTitle:Localized(@"Cancel") forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    }

}

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 10:56

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It's working for me:

if (cancelButton) {
    [cancelButton setTitle:Localized(@"Cancel") forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [search setNeedsLayout];
    [search layoutIfNeeded];
}

answered Jun 24 '15 at 10:56

Bannings

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Thanks a lot for your answer but sorry to say I accepted another answer for shorter code ... – user2526811 Jun 24 '15 at 11:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 01 '20 at 12:19

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Try setting your NSLocalizedString with UIAppearance:

[[UIButton appearanceWhenContainedIn:[UISearchBar class], nil] setTitle:Localized(@"Cancel") forState:UIControlStateNormal];

swift

UIButton.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]).setTitle("v1_cancel", for: .normal)

(which no longer works in modern ios) this one Change UISearchBar cancel button text in iOS 8 is up to date

edited Jun 01 '20 at 12:19

Anton Tropashko

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answered Jun 24 '15 at 10:56

Jasper

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How this should be in swift 4, – Antony Mar 22 '18 at 03:34
@Antony I'd suggest to look up the documentation of UIAppearance in Swift and translate the line of code – Jasper Mar 23 '18 at 09:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 23 '18 at 10:35

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I had translate the Jasper answer in swift 4:

UIButton.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [UISearchBar.self]).setTitle("Cancel", for: .normal)

answered Mar 23 '18 at 10:35

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Cancel Button in UISearchBar issue

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