How do I change the UIKeyboard when using the UISearchBar?

Question

I want to set the keyboard type of the UISearchBar to UIKeyboardAppearanceAlert, but I can't seem to access the UIKeyboard of the UISearchBar.

Answer 1

You need to access the inner UITextView in the UISearchBar itself.

UITextField *textField = (UITextField *)[[searchBar subviews] objectAtIndex:0];
textField.keyboardAppearance = UIKeyboardAppearanceAlert;