I have a search view with a background drawable, but I can't seem to get the text to appear no matter what I try. No text shows up in the SearchView.
I've tried the android:text
and android:queryHint
and even setting it programmatically using mSearchView.setQueryHintText("search for something");
but none of these work. The searchView is not inside an actionBar.
Here is the xml for the searchview
<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
android:id="@+id/m_search_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="@dimen/searchbar_height"
android:layout_alignWithParentIfMissing="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/other_button"
android:background="@drawable/rounded_corner_box"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/left_padding"
android:queryHint="search for something"
android:textAppearance="@style/m_text_appearance"
android:textColor="@color/m_text_color" />
When I don't set a background, I don't see the searchView at all (the searchView is translucent).
Any help would be appreciated.
searchView.setIconified(false);