Searchbox with hint and search icon on left

Question

I want to to create a searchview which should have a search icon and hint (as in EditText) . The default searchview in android has only the search icon . It does not have hint like edittext.

I am able to add hint to searchview but it is only visible after clicking on the search icon on the search-view . I am using the following code to add hint to the search-view .

String locationSearchViewSetQueryHint = "<font color = #ffffff>Location</font>" 
     locationSearchView.setQueryHint(Html.fromHtml(locationSearchViewSetQueryHint))

How can I show the hint with search icon?

Answer 1

Use this

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="40dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="40dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
           android:padding="5dp"
    android:background="@drawable/edit_text_bg"
    android:gravity="left"
    android:hint="Search"
    android:drawableStart="@drawable/search_icon">