How to change searchview icon color?

Question

I know there\'s already a lot of answers for this question here, and I wouldn\'t be creating another thread if I hadn\'t already tried everything I saw here. Anyway, the qu

Answer 1

For android.x,

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    ...

    ImageView searchIcon= 
    searchView.findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_mag_icon);

    // To change color of close button, use:
    // ImageView searchCloseIcon = (ImageView)searchView
    //        .findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_close_btn);

    searchIcon.setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary),
            android.graphics.PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

    ...

    return true;

}