Changing the background color of searchview autocomplete dropdown

Question

I have a searchview with a content provider for custom suggestions, which are displayed in a dropdown. However, the dropdown background is dark while the text is black so it\'s

Answer 1

Simple solution

int autoCompleteTextViewID = getResources().getIdentifier("search_src_text", "id", getPackageName());
mSearchAutoCompleteTextView = mSearchView.findViewById(autoCompleteTextViewID);
mSearchAutoCompleteTextView.setDropDownBackgroundResource(R.color.white);