Custom SearchView whole clickable in android

Question

I have a SearchView widget in my app, and I want to ask some questions about making it custom. First of all, you can start search only by clicking on search ico

Answer 1

By default the SearchView is 'iconified'. So you should use this code in java:

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.searchView);
searchView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        searchView.setIconified(false);
    }
});

or use this in xml:

this 2 ways is correct, but different in icons display.