Changing action bar searchview hint text color

Question

How can I change the action bar search view hint text colour?

This question explains how to get the EditText when using ABS: Android ActionBar Customize Search View

Answer 1

searchView.setQueryHint(Html.fromHtml("<font color = #ffffff>" + getResources().getString(R.string.hintSearchMess) + "</font>"));

Answer 2

Also you can set the SearchView on your menuItem manually and thereby have full control over the view.

Answer 3

I resolved it adding this property to the main theme:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
    .....
    .....
    <item name="android:actionBarWidgetTheme">@style/MyActionBarWidgetTheme</item> 
</style>

And then add the property i want to change in this case the hint color.

<style name="MyActionBarWidgetTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
    .....
    .....
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/blanco_60</item>
</style>

Hope it helps :D

Answer 4

If you want to change left arrow button in search view, add app:collapseIcon.

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
        app:collapseIcon="@drawable/ic_search_view_home"
        />

If you want to change text color and text hint color, add the following.

EditText searchEditText = searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text);
    searchEditText.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
    searchEditText.setHintTextColor(Color.WHITE);

If you want to change close icon, add the following.

ImageView imvClose = searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id
            .search_close_btn);
    imvClose.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_search_view_close);

Answer 5

Look to this class, it can help you to solve your problem

import android.R.color;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.widget.ImageView;

import com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView;
import com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView.SearchAutoComplete;

public class MySearchView {

    public static SearchView getSearchView(Context context, String strHint) {
        SearchView searchView = new SearchView(context);
        searchView.setQueryHint(strHint);
        searchView.setFocusable(true);
        searchView.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
        searchView.requestFocus();
        searchView.requestFocusFromTouch();

        ImageView searchBtn = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_button);
        searchBtn.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_menu_search);

        // ImageView searchBtnClose = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_close_btn);
        // searchBtnClose.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_cancel_search_bar);


        SearchAutoComplete searchText = (SearchAutoComplete) searchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_src_text);
        setFont(context, searchText);
        searchText.setTextColor(context.getResources().getColor(color.white));
        searchText.setHintTextColor(context.getResources().getColor(color.white));

        return searchView;
    }

    private static void setFont(Context _context, SearchAutoComplete searchText) {
        Typeface tf = null;
        Typeface currentType = searchText.getTypeface();
        if (currentType == null) {
            tf = MyApplication.fontNormal;
        }
        else {
            int currentStyle = currentType.getStyle();
            if (currentStyle == Typeface.BOLD) {
                tf = MyApplication.fontBold;
            }
            else if (currentStyle == Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC) {
                tf = MyApplication.fontBoldItalic;
            }
            else if (currentStyle == Typeface.ITALIC) {
                tf = MyApplication.fontItalic;
            }
            else {
                tf = MyApplication.fontNormal;
            }
        }
        searchText.setTypeface(tf);
    }

    public static SearchView getSearchView(Context context, int strHintRes) {
        return getSearchView(context, context.getString(strHintRes));
    }
}

Answer 6

The solution to change color of Search View Hint Text is :

 SearchView.SearchAutoComplete searchAutoComplete = (SearchView.SearchAutoComplete)searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text);
 searchAutoComplete.setHintTextColor(Color.GRAY);