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

It's answer

ImageView searchViewIcon = (ImageView)searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_mag_icon);

ViewGroup linearLayoutSearchView =(ViewGroup) searchViewIcon.getParent();
linearLayoutSearchView.removeView(searchViewIcon);