Change the background colour and the query-background colour in SearchView fails

Question

I'm trying to change the colour of my SearchView, how ever when I try following xml code

<SearchView
                android:id="@+id/search_view_id"
                android:layout_width="250dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:queryHint="Search"
                android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
                android:queryBackground="#FFF"/>

I get an error that states:

Error:error: '#FFF' is incompatible with attribute android:queryBackground (attr) reference.

What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Seems like android:queryBackground only accept a resource ID. Just use a color resource instead of hardcoded hex. Keep this in mind.

Attribute queryBackground is only used in API level 21

 <color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>

 <SearchView
    android:id="@+id/search_view_id"
    android:layout_width="250dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:queryHint="Search"
    android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
    android:queryBackground="@color/white"/>