Setting background color on the Searchbar does nothing on iOS

[JRPMike]

Description

Setting background color on the Searchbar does nothing on iOS. It works fine on Android.

Steps to Reproduce

Run the solution in Android simulator. Note that the top bar is black and the search bar is white.

Run the solution in iOS. Note that the search bar is dark grey and barely visible.

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/JRPMike/Maui_SearchStylingIssue.git

Version with bug

8.0.40 SR5

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

iOS

Affected platform versions

iOS17

Did you find any workaround?

No.

Relevant log output

No response

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[RoiChen001]

I can repro this issue at iOS platform on the latest 17.10 Preview 7(8.0.61).

[LeoJHarris]

Observing the same problem where the color is not showing on iOS, BackgroundColor is not honored