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

I was digging about that a lot and finally I found this solution and it works for me!
You can use this

If you use appcompat try this:

ImageView searchIconView = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_button);
searchIconView.setImageResource(R.drawable.yourIcon);

If you use androidx try this:

ImageView searchIconView = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_button);
    searchIconView.setImageResource(R.drawable.yourIcon);

It will change the default serchview icon.

Hope it helps!