How can I remove the left space between back button and SearchView

Question

I keep having a big white space in the left of my Toolbar between the back button and SearchView. My xml file looks like this

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
        android:contentInsetStart="0dp"
        app:contentInsetStart="0dp">

        <android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
            android:id="@+id/search_view"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>


    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

In my Activity I add a back button like below

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

if I set it to false it works okay. But I need to have a back button. Is there a way to solve it? Thank you.

I didn't use a menu layout.

Possible duplicate of [SearchView in OptionsMenu not full width](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18063103/searchview-in-optionsmenu-not-full-width) — Lahiru Chandima, Nov 10 '17 at 07:18

Yamini Balakrishnan · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-16T12:09:26.050

By default, Toolbar have 16dp inset after backbutton. So, include app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp" in Toolbar, it will remove that whitespace.

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
    android:contentInsetStart="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStart="0dp">

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '17 at 07:12

Add this property in the SearchView

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
            android:id="@+id/search_view"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:paddingLeft="-16dp"
            android:paddingStart="-16dp"/>

and check it. Hope this will help you.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '17 at 07:19

Add these lines in your Toolbar

android:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
android:contentInsetStart="0dp"
app:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
app:contentInsetStart="0dp"
android:contentInsetRight="0dp"
android:contentInsetEnd="0dp"
app:contentInsetRight="0dp"
app:contentInsetEnd="0dp"

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 16 '19 at 11:20

Use MaxWidth option to do it programmatically in onCreateOptionsMenu() method

@override 
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView)menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
    searchView.setMaxWidth(Integer.MAX_VALUE);

if using Kotlin use:

searchView.maxWidth = Integer.MAX_VALUE

How can I remove the left space between back button and SearchView

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