SearchView text color is not changing

Question

I have a AppCompat SearchView and I wanted to change the color of the text in the SearchView. So I followed this answer.

So I typed the answer in my themes.xml and in the layout preview, the text color was black. But when I tested it on the emulator, the text color was white. I am attaching two screenshots as well.

XML Layout Preview

Emulator

What is the problem?

consider using `app:textColorHint` instead of `android:textColorHint` — snachmsm, Aug 24 '21 at 09:07
@snachmsm It is displaying Cannot resolve symbol 'app:textColorHint' — Spyware, Aug 24 '21 at 10:28
have you declared `app` namespace in this XML? (`xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"` for first root view in this file) — snachmsm, Aug 24 '21 at 10:37
I have also put namespace.. But then also the same error is showing.. — Spyware, Aug 24 '21 at 10:41
in `styles.xml` file add `@color/somecolor` without any prefix (don't remove line with prefix, keep both), thats my only clue... — snachmsm, Aug 25 '21 at 06:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '21 at 07:45

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Found a solution. Create a new theme with the parent Widget.AppCompat.SearchView and then you can customize it's font, text size, text color etc.

Code;

<style name="SearchViewTheme" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView">
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/somecolor</item>
    <item name="editTextColor">@color/somecolor</item>
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/somefont</item>
</style>

answered Aug 25 '21 at 07:45

Spyware

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for full backward and forward compatibility duplicate color params - one with `android:` prefix and one without. so there should be e.g. `"android:textColorHint"` AND `"textColorHint"` pointing on same color. and you are good to go :) – snachmsm Aug 25 '21 at 07:51
Ok @snachmsm Good advice – Spyware Aug 25 '21 at 07:52

SearchView text color is not changing

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