How to show Xbutton(clear button) always visible in uisearchbar

ios, ios5, ios5.1, iphone, uibutton

Solution

UITextField *searchBarTextField = nil;
    for (UIView *subview in self.searchBar.subviews)
    {
        if ([subview isKindOfClass:[UITextField class]])
        {
            searchBarTextField = (UITextField *)subview;
            searchBarTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
            break;
        }
    }

Problem

In my application, I am adding a UISearchBar. My intent is to enable the UISearch Bar "X button"(clear button in UITextField) to be always visible. I have tried using the following code below to try to make the "X Button" be always visible. However, it does not work. If I set `tf.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever`, the clear button in uitextfield not showing. I am not sure what is wrong? I would really appreciate anyone's help here. Why is this not working? Code (Not working) ``` for (UIView* v in searchBar.subviews) { if ( [v isKindOfClass: [UITextField class]] ) { UITextField *tf = (UITextField *)v; tf.delegate = self; tf.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways; break; } } ``` Goal: I want to always show the clear button if the text length is equal to 0 - i.e. if I don't input any text.

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