Changing action bar searchview hint text color

Question

How can I change the action bar search view hint text colour?

This question explains how to get the EditText when using ABS: Android ActionBar Customize Search View

Answer 1

By using this you can change the Searchable xml

1. Search text hint color
2. Search Text
3. Search close icon
4. Search hint icon
5. Search plate

int searchHintBtnId = searchView.getContext().getResources()
                    .getIdentifier("android:id/search_mag_icon", null, null);
     int hintTextId = searchView.getContext()
                    .getResources()
                    .getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null);
            int closeBtnId = searchView.getContext()
                    .getResources()
                    .getIdentifier("android:id/search_close_btn", null, null);
            // Set the search plate color to white
            int searchPlateId = getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_plate", null, null);

            View view = searchView.findViewById(searchPlateId);
            view.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.search_plate);

            ImageView closeIcon = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(closeBtnId);
            closeIcon.setImageResource(R.drawable.close);

            ImageView searchHintIcon = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(searchHintBtnId);
            searchHintIcon.setImageResource(R.drawable.search);

            TextView textView = (TextView) searchView.findViewById(hintTextId);
            textView.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.search_text_color));
            textView.setHintTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.search_hint_text_color));

Here is drawable/search_plate.xml