I\'m trying to implement android.support.v7.widget.SearchView with a collapseIcon on the Toolbar. Everything works fine i.e, the
I managed to solve the problem by looking at the xml file that's used by SearchView, so the padding can be removed/reduced by changing the leftMargin value:
layoutParams.leftMargin = 0;
for the following LinearLayout inside the SearchView:
LinearLayout searchEditFrame = (LinearLayout) searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_edit_frame);