Android SearchView - Move icon to right (without ActionBar)

Question

I have an android SearchView like so -

 <SearchView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:queryHint="Search the forum ..."
        android:iconifiedByDefault="true"
        android:id="@+id/search_forum"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:textColor="#aaa" />

This is not in my ActionBar, it's somewhere else in my activity.

I need the icon (the search icon) to stay on the right of my layout. On click it should expand into the SearchView (same behaviour as the ActionBar SearchView). I've tried android:layout_alignParentRight="true" but the icon stays to the left.

Any help would be great :)

Answer 1

I couldn't find an exact answer to this so I did this- Create an image view with search icon. Placed it on the right of my layout. On click, made the search view visible and set iconified false and requested focus for the search view.

I'd be so grateful if somebody could eventually help me find a proper solution for this.