So in my project I was using standard material search icon in action bar.
<menu
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<item
android:id="@+id/search"
android:title="@string/action_search"
android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_search_api_mtrl_alpha"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" /> </menu>
But if I update libreries from 23.0.1 to 24.1.1 Android Studio says:
Cannot resolve symbol abc_ic_search_api_mtrl_alpha
Why is that? I searched in google but didn’t find answer.
I’ve found an similar issue on StackOverflow: error: cannot find symbol variable abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha
The answer for topic above is:
The name of the resource was changed in the 23.2.0 support library.
Modify
abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alphatoabc_ic_ab_back_materialEdit: In 23.2.1 the name of the component was changed back to
abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alphaEdit: In 24.0.0 the name of the component was changed to:
abc_ic_ab_back_material
All you need to do is to change name abc_ic_search_api_mtrl_alpha to abc_ic_ab_search_material
It should work
Update
For API version 24.2.1 and greater use below key word.
abc_ic_search_api_material
It will work.
Answer：
You can import the ‘back’ and ‘search’ material icons as vector drawables.
Right click res/drawable -> New -> vector asset
You can then customize the color of the drawable using DrawableCompat.setTint(). Not only is this more flexible but it will also no break in future support libraries updates.
Tags: androidandroid, api, search
