Cursor and Underline missing in EditText

Question

I am using an EditText inside a Toolbar, no matter what I do, cursor and underline doesn't appear

xml code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    app:collapseIcon="@drawable/ic_arrow_up_24dp"
    app:titleTextColor="@color/white"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:alpha="0.0"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary">

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal">


    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_text"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:cursorVisible="true"
        android:focusable="true"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Search..."
        android:textCursorDrawable="@color/white"
        android:textColor="@color/md_white_1000"
        android:layout_marginRight="120dp"
        />

</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

kotlin code

        editText?.visibility = View.VISIBLE
        editText?.requestFocus()
        editText?.isCursorVisible = true
        editText.setRawInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
        editText.setTextIsSelectable(true);

Where am I going wrong, can anyone help?

Answer 1

This is because by default the underline and cursor of EditText is of colorAccent. So, if you want to change their color to suppose white, then you should define a style in styles.xml like this:

<style name="editText" parent="AppTheme">
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/white</item>
</style>

And then apply this style as theme to edittext like this:

 <EditText
    android:id="@+id/edit_text"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:cursorVisible="true"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Search..."
    android:textCursorDrawable="@color/white"
    android:textColor="@color/md_white_1000"
    android:theme="@style/editText"
    android:layout_marginRight="120dp"
    />