How to set SearchView TextSize?

Question

I have a SearchView inside a LinearLayout and I'm trying to set a different TextSize for it (the SearchView) but when setting android:textSize="60sp" for example, nothing happens.

This is my code:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:orientation="vertical"
          android:padding="2dp">
<SearchView
        android:id="@+id/searchView"
        android:layout_width="350dp"
        android:textSize="60sp"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp"/>
<ListView
        android:id="@+id/search_results"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

Does anyone know how to modify the TextSize of the control?

score 66 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 02:08

You can achieve this using a theme:

in styles.xml

<style name="AppSearchView" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView" >
        <item name="android:textSize">60sp</item>
    </style>

And using a SearchView

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
            android:id="@+id/searchView"
            android:layout_width="350dp"
            app:theme="@style/AppSearchView"
            android:layout_height="80dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="15dp"/>

perhaps a better solution – Sadda Hussain Jul 29 '19 at 13:15 — Sadda Hussain, Jul 29 '19 at 13:15

Pongpat · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-19T09:24:50.277

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You could do these using code

SearchView searchView = new SearchView(context);
LinearLayout linearLayout1 = (LinearLayout) searchView.getChildAt(0);
LinearLayout linearLayout2 = (LinearLayout) linearLayout1.getChildAt(2);
LinearLayout linearLayout3 = (LinearLayout) linearLayout2.getChildAt(1);
AutoCompleteTextView autoComplete = (AutoCompleteTextView) linearLayout3.getChildAt(0);
autoComplete.setTextSize(60);

Here is another solution

SearchView searchView = new SearchView(context);
AutoCompleteTextView search_text = (AutoCompleteTextView) searchView.findViewById(searchView.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null));
search_text.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
search_text.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.text_small));

edited Oct 19 '12 at 09:24

answered Oct 17 '12 at 19:52

Pongpat

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The first method, using sub-linear layouts worked perfectly for me. For whatever reason, the second method using the getIdentifier() produces a null search_text. Either way, thank you for the answer as this was just what I needed to decrease the font size a bit – PGMacDesign Sep 22 '15 at 17:07
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NullPointerException from second method – Lavekush Agrawal Feb 23 '16 at 12:11
for the second method to work I used this id: android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text – moxi Feb 03 '18 at 09:04
What should I use for androidx? – Aanal Shah Jun 28 '19 at 12:24
@AanalMehta You can use first solution for androidx – Dulanga Oct 27 '19 at 08:20

score 12 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 05 '23 at 12:05

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Try my solution (AndroidX).

styles.xml

 <style name="SearchViewStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.SearchView">
    <item name="android:textSize">20sp</item>
 </style>

your_layout_name.xml

<androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView
      app:defaultQueryHint="Search"
      android:theme="@style/SearchViewStyle" // Not style!!
      .
      .
      .
         />

edited Jun 05 '23 at 12:05

halfer

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answered Apr 02 '20 at 18:32

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '12 at 14:47

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When using ActionBarSherlock you have to do this:

    AutoCompleteTextView searchTextView = (AutoCompleteTextView) searchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_src_text);
    searchTextView.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.search_text_color));

answered Oct 27 '12 at 14:47

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Hy. I'm not using ActionBarSherlock. – tetius Oct 29 '12 at 11:49
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The question was about text *size*, not colour. For completeness, the second line in your answer should be something like: `searchTextView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.font_size))` – gnuf Apr 07 '15 at 11:57
Why the change in text_color? OP just wanted to change the text_size – iCantC Jan 17 '20 at 06:23

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 13 '18 at 11:49

Though AutoCompleteTextView is superclass of SearchAutoComplete, SearchView use SearchAutoComplete rather than AutoCompleteTextView. use it and do more.

SearchView searchView=...;
SearchView.SearchAutoComplete autoComplete= searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text);
float textSpSize=10.f;
if (autoComplete!=null){
    autoComplete.setTextSize(textSpSize);
   }

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 12 '21 at 03:34

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I've created kotlin extension function

fun SearchView.setTextSize(size: Float) {
    findViewById<EditText>(R.id.search_src_text).textSize = size
}

answered Nov 12 '21 at 03:34

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score -2 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Check this answer Can we limit the number of character in edittext of SearchView in Android?. It uses SearchView.OnQueryTextListener in order to check if exceeded the limit.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered May 28 '14 at 23:21

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How to set SearchView TextSize?

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