How to delete or change the searchview icon inside the SearchView actionBar?

Question

How to remove or change the search view icon inside the edittext? I am using the Appcompat libra

Answer 1

Finally found the solution. Try the following:

try {
    Field mDrawable = SearchView.class.getDeclaredField("mSearchHintIcon");
    mDrawable.setAccessible(true);
    Drawable drawable =  (Drawable)mDrawable.get(your search view here);
    drawable.setAlpha(0);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}