SearchView hint not showing

Question

I'm trying to display hint text in a search view in my Main Activity. The onqueryTextSubmit launches another activity called SearchResultsActivity which will display the results of the query. My problem is that I cannot display the hint text. My searchable.xml code

<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"         android:hint="@string/search_hint"         android:label="@string/app_name" /> 

and the manifest code

<application     android:allowBackup="true"     android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"     android:label="@string/app_name"     android:supportsRtl="true"     android:theme="@style/AppTheme">     <activity android:name=".MainActivity">         <intent-filter>             <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH"/>             <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>              <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>         </intent-filter>          <meta-data             android:name="android.app.default_searchable1"             android:value=".SearchResultsActivity"             android:resource="@xml/searchable"/>     </activity>     <activity android:name=".SearchResultsActivity">         <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"                    android:resource="@xml/searchable">         </meta-data>     </activity> </application> </manifest> 

and finaly my onQueryTextSubmit code

@Override         public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)         {              Anniversaries tempResults;             tempResults = mainAnniversariesManager.searchManager.searchAnniversaries(query);              if (tempResults.entries.size() == 0)             {                 snackbar = Snackbar.make(findViewById(R.id.coordinator), getString(R.string.no_results_found) + query, Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE);                 snackbar.show();                 return true;             } else             {                 snackbar = null;                 if (!searchView.isIconified())                 {                     searchView.setIconified(true);                 }                 menuItem.collapseActionView();                  Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),SearchResultsActivity.class);                 Bundle args=new Bundle();                 args.putSerializable("serialized_Anniversaries",tempResults);                 intent.putExtra("args",args);                 startActivity(intent);                  return false;             }         } 

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

To add SearchView hint text use the following code :

search.setQueryHint("Custom Search Hint"); 

Answer 2

try to use app:queryHint="@string/search" app:defaultQueryHint="@string/search"