Question

I am using sherlock action bar Version 4.1.0 (2012-05-17).
How can I change the color of the text color in this screenshot ? On the actual device it is barelly readable

i have this theme

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.Sherlock.Light">
    <item name="android:textSize">20dp</item> 
</style>

And this in AndroidManifest.xml

<application
        android:name="abc.MyApp"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:logo="@drawable/logo"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/MyTheme" 
        >

Answer 1

thanks to this Answer To: Changing the background drawable of the searchview widget

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) a.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = new android.widget.SearchView(a.getApplicationContext());
int searchPlateId = searchView.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null);
// Getting the 'search_plate' LinearLayout.
AutoCompleteTextView searchPlate = (AutoCompleteTextView) searchView.findViewById(searchPlateId);
// Setting background of 'search_plate' to earlier defined drawable.
searchPlate.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
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