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

androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView

If you use androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView:

You can hide the icon using this:

val magImage = searchView.findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_mag_icon) as ImageView
magImage.layoutParams = LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, 0)