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

Simplest way is

1. In case you are using AppCompat use

       app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
       app:searchIcon="@null"
   

2. Else use android in place of app in above code as

   android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
   android:searchIcon="@null"