Remove the SearchIcon as hint in the searchView

Question

I am doing an application where for example when i click on the image(it is a searchView)

Answer 1

I just met the same problem, here are some reference links.

http://blog.luxteam.net/2013/11/04/styling-appcompat-searchview/

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support.git/+/android-support-lib-19.1.0/v7/appcompat/src/android/support/v7/widget/SearchView.java

The key is in the following function, it sets the icon as an ImageSpan.

private CharSequence getDecoratedHint(CharSequence hintText) {
    // If the field is always expanded, then don't add the search icon to the hint
    if (!mIconifiedByDefault) return hintText;

    SpannableStringBuilder ssb = new SpannableStringBuilder("   "); // for the icon
    ssb.append(hintText);
    Drawable searchIcon = getContext().getResources().getDrawable(getSearchIconId());
    int textSize = (int) (mQueryTextView.getTextSize() * 1.25);
    searchIcon.setBounds(0, 0, textSize, textSize);
    ssb.setSpan(new ImageSpan(searchIcon), 1, 2, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    return ssb;
}