how to remove close icon from edittext in searchview

Question

I am trying to customize the searchview. i wanted to get rid of close icon in searchview. what i have done so far?

int closeId =android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_close_btn;
ImageView close = (ImageView)mSearchView.findViewById(closeId);
close.setVisibility(View.GONE);

this code removes the close icon. But as soon as i start typing in editText it appears back in. How to permanently get rid of it?

close icon is remove when expanded searchView

it comes back in when i type in editText.

Answer 1

Tried this?: Hide close button in android Search View

Change your theme like this:

For < v21:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="actionBarWidgetTheme">@style/AppTheme.WidgetTheme</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.WidgetTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="searchViewCloseIcon">@android:color/transparent</item>
</style>

For v21 and above:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="searchViewStyle">@style/AppTheme.SearchView</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.SearchView" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView">
    <item name="closeIcon">@android:color/transparent</item>
</style>

Also check this for more customization.

Answer 2

In case you want do it programicaly, put a piece of code that hides "x" button in onQueryTextListener:

   searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
            ImageView searchViewIcon = (ImageView)searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_close_btn);
            searchViewIcon.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            return true;
        }
   });

Answer 3

Add this attribute to your SearchView xml layout file :

app:closeIcon="@android:color/transparent"

Then disable the close button :

ImageView btnClose = searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_close_btn);
btnClose.setEnabled(false);