uisearchbar - Set inputview for Searchbar - Swift -

class testviewcontroller: uiviewcontroller, uisearchbardelegate {    @iboutlet weak var mysearchbar: uisearchbar!   var myowninputview = uiview(frame: cgrectmake(100,100,50,50))    overide func viewdidload() {     mysearchbar.delegate = self     mysearchbar.inputview = myowninputview // errors - "cannot assign result of expression   }  } 

i'm trying assign custom input view search bar, based on apple documentation (-sorry not find link anymore), uisearchbar seems read-only value. looking @ this post, appears uisearchbar has multiple subviews , need uitextfield part in order change inputview. however, i'm not sufficiently familiar obj-c , attempts convert code swift have not been successful.

found out textfield subview of subview of uisearchbar.

code textfield in swift:

var fakeview: uiview = uiview(frame: cgrectmake(100, 100, 50, 50)) @iboutlet weak var searchbar: uisearchbar!  override func viewdidload() {   fakeview.backgroundcolor = uicolor.redcolor()   var c = 0   v in (self.searchbar.subviews[0]).subviews {     c++     println("\(c).\(v)") //you should see 2 views - uisearchbarbackground , uisearcbartextfield     if let tf = v as? uitextfield {       //do stuff tf here.       //in case, want is:       tf.inputview = fakeview       break     }   } }} 

result of above code no keyboard show when searchbar text field touched, red rectangle.

note - credit goes matt neuburg's "programming ios8: dive deep views, viewcontrollers, , frameworks (isbn: 978-1491908730). chapter 8 precise.