Removing the image on the left of an UISearchbar

.h file

@interface Search : UIViewController<UISearchBarDelegate>

{

IBOutlet UISearchBar *searchBar;

}

.m file


@interface Search (Private)

- (void)setSearchIconToFavicon;

@end





@implementation Search

- (void)viewDidLoad {

[self setSearchIconToFavicon];

[super viewDidLoad];

}

#pragma mark Private

- (void)setSearchIconToFavicon {

// Really a UISearchBarTextField, but the header is private.

UITextField *searchField = nil;

for (UIView *subview in searchBar.subviews) {

if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]]) {

searchField = (UITextField *)subview;

break;

}

}

if (searchField) {  

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed: @"favicon.png"];

UIImageView *iView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];

searchField.leftView = iView;

[iView release];

}  

} 

@end