how to change color of search bar in android studio

To change the color of the search bar in Android Studio using the Kotlin language, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open your Android project in Android Studio.

  2. In the Project pane, navigate to the res folder, and then expand the values folder.

  3. Right-click on the values folder and select New -> Values resource file.

  4. In the New Resource File dialog, enter a file name for the resource file (e.g., "styles") and select the "values" resource type.

  5. Click on the "OK" button to create the new resource file.

  6. Open the newly created styles.xml file.

  7. Inside the styles.xml file, add the following code:

<style name="SearchBarStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView">
    <item name="android:background">@color/your_color</item>
</style>

Replace "your_color" with the desired color value, such as "#FF0000" for red.

  1. Save the styles.xml file.

  2. In the Project pane, navigate to the res folder, and then expand the layout folder.

  3. Open the layout file where you have defined the search bar.

  4. Locate the search bar widget in the layout file.

  5. Add the following attribute to the search bar widget:

android:theme="@style/SearchBarStyle"

  1. Save the layout file.

  2. Run your app to see the updated color of the search bar.

By following these steps, you should be able to change the color of the search bar in Android Studio using the Kotlin language.