SearchView not showing queryHint text

Question

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.

You are using the SearchView from support library, probably you need to set the properties with app and android, like android:queryHint="search for something" and app:queryHint="search for something" — jonathanrz, Aug 24 '16 at 23:40

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 16:46

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searchView.setIconified(false);

answered Jun 10 '17 at 16:46

Rodrigo João Bertotti

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why does this work? Search view recieved onClick listener events but did not show keyboard (InputMethod) nor was I able to type a query when forcing the keyboard to be displayed. – CybeX Aug 28 '17 at 07:57

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '17 at 05:38

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In the XML, add android:iconifiedByDefault="false" if you have already set a value for android:queryHint.

edited Nov 08 '17 at 05:38

Stephen Rauch

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answered Nov 08 '17 at 05:18

James Chang

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 08 '19 at 07:26

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For android.support.v7.widget.SearchView, instead of using

android:queryHint="your hint" 
android:iconifiedByDefault="false"

you must use

app:queryHint="your hint" 
app:iconifiedByDefault="false"

edited Mar 08 '19 at 07:26

Andreas

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answered Mar 08 '19 at 07:09

Selmeny

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 28 '19 at 21:24

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In the xml layout file just add

app:iconifiedByDefault="false"

Notice that it's app: and not android:

answered Jun 28 '19 at 21:24

Cedriga

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '16 at 05:20

Fixed my own issue: I had to dig into the SearchView's source. This is how I got the background and text to show in the searchView:

SearchView searchView = (SearchView)mLayout.findViewById(R.id.m_searchview);
searchView.setQueryHint("search for something");
View searchTextView = searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text);
searchTextView.setBackground(
ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), R.drawable. rounded_corner_box, getTheme()));
View searchFrame = searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_edit_frame);
searchFrame.setBackground(ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), R.drawable.m_background, getTheme()));

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 15 '18 at 11:11

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In the xml layout file just add

app:queryHint="My hint"

answered Jun 15 '18 at 11:11

leodev

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SearchView not showing queryHint text

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