If you are using SearchView then use for API below 21 android:queryBackground=”@android:color/transparent” you can use below code if you are using API 21 or more app:queryBackground=”@android:color/transparent”
After wondering and trying I found out that there is a method in the API named setQuery() which you set the searchView text and you may choose to submit the search or not using the boolean parameter. searchView.setQuery(searchToken, false);
Intro Unfortunately there’s no way to set SearchView text field style using themes, styles and inheritance in XML as you can do with background of items in ActionBar dropdown. This is because selectableItemBackground is listed as styleable in R.stylable, whereas searchViewTextField (theme attribute that we’re interested in) is not. Thus, we cannot access it easily … Read more
You have to use Appcompat library for that. Which is used like below: dashboard.xml <menu xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” xmlns:tools=”http://schemas.android.com/tools” xmlns:app=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto”> <item android:id=”@+id/action_search” android:icon=”@android:drawable/ic_menu_search” app:showAsAction=”always|collapseActionView” app:actionViewClass=”androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView” android:title=”Search”/> </menu> Activity file (in Java): public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater(); menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.dashboard, menu); MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) MainActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); SearchView searchView = null; if (searchItem … Read more
Add <item name=”android:editTextColor”>@android:color/white</item> to the parent theme and that should change the entered text. You can also use <item name=”android:textColorHint”>@android:color/white</item> to change the hint text color for the SearchView. (Note that you can replace the @android:color/white with whatever appropriate value you’re hoping to use)
It is actually quite easy to do this, if you are using android.support.v7 library. Step – 1 Declare a menu item <item android:id=”@+id/action_search” android:title=”Search” android:icon=”@drawable/abc_ic_search_api_mtrl_alpha” app:showAsAction=”ifRoom|collapseActionView” app:actionViewClass=”android.support.v7.widget.SearchView” /> Step – 2 Extend AppCompatActivity and in the onCreateOptionsMenu setup the SearchView. import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView; … public class YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity { … @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) … Read more
Finally I found the solution. Changing namespace of actionViewClass from android:actionViewClass to app:actionViewClass Implementing android.support.v7.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener interface for current activity. Directly use setOnQueryTextListener instead of SearchViewCompat.setOnQueryTextListener @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu); MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search); SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem); if (searchView != null) { searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this); } return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); … Read more
Introduction Since it is not really clear from your question what exactly you are having trouble with, I wrote up this quick walkthrough about how to implement this feature; if you still have questions feel free to ask. I have a working example of everything I am talking about here in this GitHub Repository. In … Read more