title: Set SearchView clear button color
body: <p>I am creating a searchview in the toolbar using <code>onCreateOptionsMenu</code>, but can't get the clear <code>X</code> button to initially be white. It becomes white when starting to type letters. It also stays white after clearing.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Z02j.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Z02j.png" alt="Example of clear button having the color of gray instead of white"></a></p>
  
  <pre><code>@Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
  {
      MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
      menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.responsible_menu, menu);
      SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
      SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
      searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())); //TODO: May not be needed?
  
      searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener()
      {
          @Override
          public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)
          {
              mAdapter.updateUIWithFilter(query);
              return false;
          }
  
          @Override
          public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText)
          {
              mAdapter.updateUIWithFilter(newText);
              return false;
          }
      });
  
      // Does not work! Still not white.
      ImageView searchClose = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_close_btn);
      searchClose.setColorFilter(Color.argb(255, 255, 255, 255));
  
      searchClose.setAlpha(255);
  
      return true;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>responsible_menu.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/tools"&gt;
  
      &lt;item
          android:id="@+id/menu_search"
          android:title="@string/search"
          appcompat:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
          appcompat:showAsAction="always"/&gt;
  
  &lt;/menu&gt;
  </code></pre>