Changing AppCompat's SearchView colorAccent

Question

I know this topic has been asked previously but most of the answers provide a programatic solution which is not very up to date.

I have a SearchView inside Toolbar, I need to modify it's appearance a bit, here's my style file

<resources>
    <style name="Theme.XYZ" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <item name="colorPrimary">#29abbd</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#00838f</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">#29abbd</item>
        <item name="colorButtonNormal">#29abbd</item>
        <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/window_background</item>
        <item name="searchViewStyle">@style/Theme.XYZ.SearchView</item>
    </style>


    <style name="Theme.XYZ.SearchView" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.SearchView">
        <item name="closeIcon">@drawable/ic_launcher</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">#ffffff</item>
    </style>

</resources>

This does not work, the SearchView is not assigned with the custom close icon and the colorAccent is the color of the main theme.

Your help is appreciated.

What color should be changed? The textcolor, background or something else? — Thomas R., Oct 13 '15 at 06:56
Maybe it is because you are declaring two parents. Can you change the searchview style name to `MySearchViewStyle`? And test if the close icon changes? And I think the cursor color is controlled by another field and cannot be overruled like you do, I guess. Give it a try :) — Thomas R., Oct 13 '15 at 07:04
Do you apply the theme to the activity where the searchview should be displayed? Regarding the cursor you may have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15527420/custom-cursor-color-in-searchview — Thomas R., Oct 13 '15 at 07:10
Yes, the theme itself (Theme.XYZ) is being applied, thanks, will have a look. — Aviran, Oct 13 '15 at 07:12
Thanks, I got it to work with using Widget.AppCompat.Light.AutoCompleteTextView instead if Widget.AppCompat.Light.SearchView and using android:textCursorDrawable. Put it as an answer and I'll accept. — Aviran, Oct 13 '15 at 07:22
Check this once http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27730253/how-to-style-the-cursor-color-of-searchview-under-appcompat — Prasad, Oct 13 '15 at 07:25

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 18:42

I'm posting here my solution, although it defines a style to AutoCompleteTextView instead of SearchView directly

<style name="Theme.XYZ" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <item name="colorPrimary">#29abbd</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#00838f</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">#29abbd</item>
        <item name="colorButtonNormal">#29abbd</item>
        <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/window_background</item>
        <item name="autoCompleteTextViewStyle">@style/XYZSearchView</item>


    </style>


    <style name="XYZSearchView" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.AutoCompleteTextView">
        <item name="android:textCursorDrawable">@drawable/white_cursor</item>
    </style>

Changing AppCompat's SearchView colorAccent

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