How can i change the icon color of searchview in actionbar?

Question

This is my menu.xml

Answer 1

I found another solution to override the default searchview icons color so you don't have to use a drawable.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
    menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
    android.support.v7.widget.SearchView searchView = (android.support.v7.widget.SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
    ImageView icon = searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_button);
    icon.setColorFilter(Color.WHITE);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

This code changes the color of the default searchview icon.

android.support.v7.widget.SearchView searchView = (android.support.v7.widget.SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
ImageView icon = searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_button);
icon.setColorFilter(Color.WHITE);

Answer 2

You need to use android.support.v7.widget.SearchView

<style name="SearchViewStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView">
    <!-- Gets rid of the search icon -->
    <item name="searchIcon">@drawable/ic_search</item>
    <!-- Gets rid of the "underline" in the text -->
    <item name="queryBackground">@color/white</item>
    <!-- Gets rid of the search icon when the SearchView is expanded -->
    <item name="searchHintIcon">@null</item>
    <!-- The hint text that appears when the user has not typed anything -->
    <item name="queryHint">@string/search_hint</item>
</style>