How to change the text color of SearchView?

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I'm trying to set the text color of the SearchViews of my app to white. I've added to my app's main theme "searchViewStyle" to define the style of every one.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="searchViewStyle">@style/CustomSearchView</item>
</style>

Then I created the "CustomSearchView" style, in the same file.

<style name="CustomSearchView" parent="android:Theme.Holo">
    <item name="searchIcon">@drawable/ic_small_search</item>
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/roboto</item>
    <item name="queryBackground">@null</item>
    <item name="searchHintIcon">@null</item>
    <item name="editTextColor">@color/colorWhite</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/colorWhite</item>
    <item name="hintTextColor">@color/colorWhite</item>
</style>

And this is what I have in the menu item:

<menu 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/appbarSearch"
        android:title="@string/buscar"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_small_search"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
        app:actionViewClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView"
        />

</menu>

As you can see, I've tried with "editTextColor", "textColor" and "hintTextColor", but none of those options have actually worked. ¿So what else can I do to customize the color?

here, everything you need: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11321129/is-it-possible-to-change-the-textcolor-on-an-android-searchview — Hoàng Vũ Anh, Nov 20 '20 at 03:01
I found that post yesterday, when I was trying to solve the issue by myself. The problem is that it's from 8 years ago. I've tried almost everything posted there and I keep reaching dead ends, probably because since then, Android has been updated and paths, objects and methods have changed. — TheAsdas, Nov 20 '20 at 19:34

How to change the text color of SearchView?

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