Replace BookmarkButton with Activityindicator in UISearchBar

Question

Hi there I guess the title says it all. I use a UISearchBar for entering an address to establish a network connection. While the connection is made I want to show the activity indicator instead of the tiny BookmarkButton on the right side of the searchbar. As far as I can see there is no public declared property that would give me access to the correct subview of the searchbar. I have seen this been done, any thoughts?

Answer 1

where you have seen this been done?

Answer 2

Just for the record:

for(UIView* view in self.subviews){
    if([view isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]){
       searchField=view;
       break;
    }
}

if(searchField !=)) {
   searchField.leftView = myCustomView;
}

You can subclass UISearchBar and call this code in the layoutSubview method. calling this code in layoutSubview makes sure that resize animations work properly.