On iOS 7 UISearchBar the placeholder text is centred and I want to disable that and make it always stick to the left like it was before. There is a private method setCenterPlaceholder and calling this with a BOOL work will make the trick. I am wondering if there is any other, not "Hacked" that does the same thing.

NSCSearchBar.h

@interface NSCodingSearchBar : UISearchBar

// Default by the system is YES.
// https://github.com/nst/iOS-Runtime-Headers/blob/master/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/UISearchBar.h
@property (nonatomic, assign, setter = setHasCentredPlaceholder:) BOOL hasCentredPlaceholder;

@end

NSCSearchBar.m

#import "NSCodingSearchBar.h"


// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


@implementation NSCodingSearchBar


// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#pragma mark - Initializers
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    if ((self = [super initWithFrame:frame]))
    {
        self.hasCentredPlaceholder = YES;
    }
    
    return self;
}


// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#pragma mark - Methods
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- (void)setHasCentredPlaceholder:(BOOL)hasCentredPlaceholder
{
    _hasCentredPlaceholder = hasCentredPlaceholder;
    
    SEL centerSelector = NSSelectorFromString([NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", @"setCenter", @"Placeholder:"]);
    if ([self respondsToSelector:centerSelector])
    {
        NSMethodSignature *signature = [[UISearchBar class] instanceMethodSignatureForSelector:centerSelector];
        NSInvocation *invocation = [NSInvocation invocationWithMethodSignature:signature];
        [invocation setTarget:self];
        [invocation setSelector:centerSelector];
        [invocation setArgument:&_hasCentredPlaceholder atIndex:2];
        [invocation invoke];
    }
    
}


@end

Have you shipped it in any app? I wonder if it can be rejected