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Summary:
There is no way to customize the clear button in a UITextField. There are some tricks like using the rightView property. But this is not the way to go and results in slightly different behavior too.

The default clear image is in a dim grey tone. It works fine for black or white backgrounds but it is hard to see on grey ones. Also you might want to follow a custom appearance and therefore you want to style the clear image.

It would be pretty easy to customize the clear button.

Steps to Reproduce:

Expected Results:
It would be nice if there are methods like this in a UITextField.

- (UIImage*)clearButtonImageForState:(UIControlState)state UI_APPEARANCE_SELECTOR;
- (void)setClearButtonImage:(UIImage*)image forState:(UIControlState)state UI_APPEARANCE_SELECTOR;

Actual Results:
Right now there is a private method:

- (UIImage*)_clearButtonImageForState:(UIControlState)state;

Regression:
I don't want to use private API. So I'm hoping you might solve this issue with iOS 7.

files.mczonk.de/TextfieldClearButtonApperance.uip