android.widget.SearchView cannot be cast to android.support.v7.widget.SearchView

Question

I\'m not unsure of why I\'m getting this error. Here\'s the menu in question:

Answer 1

Add this to your build.gradle file

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'

and then add this

android.support.v7.widget.SearchView 

instead of

// remove or replace this line 
import android.widget.SearchView;

in your activity file