Not able to remove search button in Auto complete Fragment in android

Question

I am using auto complete fragment to search location using google places it is working fine. Now i want to remove search icon so used below code but one error is showing. code and error text are below.

Code sample

autocompleteFragment.getView().findViewById(R.id.place_autocomplete_search_button).setVisibility(View.GONE);

xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="60dp"
    android:focusable="true"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
    android:background="@drawable/header">
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button5"
        android:layout_width="60dp"
        android:background="#1d1d6e"
        android:textColor="#9999f9"
        android:layout_height="25dp"
        android:textSize="13sp"
        android:text="@string/back"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="19dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="19dp" />

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="40dp"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:src="@drawable/logo" />
</RelativeLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="35dp"
    android:background="@color/gray"
    android:orientation="horizontal">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:text="ADD LOCATION" />
</LinearLayout>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    >
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/flat_no"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:hint="Flat Number/House Name"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/locationedittext"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
    android:background="@drawable/locationedittext"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    >

    <fragment
        android:id="@+id/autocomplete_fragment"
        android:name="com.google.android.libraries.places.widget.AutocompleteSupportFragment"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    >

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/makani"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:hint="Search By Makani"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/locationedittext"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/makanibutton"
        android:layout_width="30dp"
        android:layout_height="30dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/makani"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        android:background="@android:drawable/ic_search_category_default" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button8"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
    android:background="@drawable/startbutton"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:text="SUBMIT"
    android:textColor="@color/white"/>

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp">

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="35dp"
        android:background="@color/gray"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:text="LOCATION LIST"
            android:textStyle=""
            android:textColor="@color/black" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/locationlist"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/linearLayout" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Error Text

error: cannot find symbol variable place_autocomplete_search_button

I also want to change the hint text size of auto complete fragment

Answer 1

Please migrate to the latest SDK and use AutoCompleteSupportFragment instead of AutoCompleteFragment.

For complete information related to migrating you can refer here.

After migrating for hiding the search button the id is,

places_autocomplete_search_button for the search Button.

places_autocomplete_search_input for the EditText.

So your code will be somewhat similar to this,

autocompleteSupportFragment.getView().findViewById(R.id.places_autocomplete_search_button).setVisibility(View.GONE);