Android SearchView change cursor position after hint icon

Question

I am using android.support.v7.widget.SearchView and the hint icon is at the left of the cursor as shown in the image .

But i want to make the cursor begins after the hint search icon .

XML:

 <android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
                android:id="@+id/airlines_searchView"
                android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:onClick="EnableSearchView"
                android:background="#fbf7f7"
                />

I got the EditText of the search view as following :

EditText search_text=(EditText) searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text);

and i don't know what are the required properties to set to it .

I checked That but no solutions found, any help please ?

Please check my answer and let me know if it is not what you want. — himanshu1496, Jun 15 '16 at 10:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 15 '16 at 11:17

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Have to change the android:iconifiedByDefault to app:iconifiedByDefault

and add those two lines to avoid launching the keyboard on starting the activity and it is shown only after clicking searchview

android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

So Try this:

 <android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
            android:id="@+id/airlines_searchView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:imeOptions="actionDone"
            android:textStyle="normal"
            android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
            android:background="#fbf7f7"
            android:focusable="false"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
            app:iconifiedByDefault="false"/>

edited Jun 15 '16 at 11:17

Asmaa Rashad

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answered Jun 15 '16 at 09:58

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I tried that and the cursor is after search icon but the search view is active by default and keyboard is opened on beginning the activity, but i want it to be active only after clicking on it . – Asmaa Rashad Jun 15 '16 at 10:14
then you set the `app:iconifiedByDefault="true"`, it will work! – himanshu1496 Jun 15 '16 at 10:16
Updated the answer as well, if it works please accept the answer and if it doesn't then let me know! – himanshu1496 Jun 15 '16 at 10:18
after changing i got the old view again as shown in the image above – Asmaa Rashad Jun 15 '16 at 10:22
Follow my updated answer which will tells you to hide the keyboard once the page is loaded so search view is almost as good as not active. – himanshu1496 Jun 15 '16 at 10:30
tried the update and keyboard still shown on start and i have not any other edit texts in the page – Asmaa Rashad Jun 15 '16 at 10:50
I edited the answer to the last worked one by adding two lines . accept editing to approve your answer ,, Thank you very much for your help :)) – Asmaa Rashad Jun 15 '16 at 11:12
Thanks, and I have accepted the edit, probably now you can accept the answer!! :) – himanshu1496 Jun 15 '16 at 11:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '18 at 15:47

Set search view iconified by default to false on click and to true on close the search view

    searchView.setOnSearchClickListener( new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            searchView.setIconifiedByDefault( false );

        }
    } );

    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener( new android.support.v7.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
            //do search
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
            //do search
        }
    } );

    searchView.setOnCloseListener( new android.support.v7.widget.SearchView.OnCloseListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onClose() {
            searchView.setIconifiedByDefault( true );

        }
    } );

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 24 '19 at 04:33

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
                android:id="@+id/airlines_searchView"
                app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp" 
                android:background="#fbf7f7"
                />

Instead of android:iconifiedByDefault="false" set app:iconifiedByDefault="false"

Android SearchView change cursor position after hint icon

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