xcode - iOS 13 Set UISearchTextField placeholder color

Question

How do you set the placeholder color of iOS 13's UISearchTextField?

I tried the following with no success:

searchField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string: "Some placeholder", attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.red])

Is this a bug in the current beta or do I miss something? I am using Xcode 11, beta 7.

Answer 1

I found the following code snippet worked:

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now()+0.5) {
    // Stackoverflow said the above doesn't work on viewDidLoad style methods, so running it async after a 0.5s delay to workaround.  Works.
    searchField.attributedPlaceholder = NSAttributedString(string:"Search", attributes: attributesDictionary)
}