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

You might use below lines of code:

int searchMagIcon = getResources().getIdentifier("search_mag_icon", "id", "android");
ImageView SearchHintIcon = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(searchMagIcon);

That will save the ImageView and then you can change it.