title: How can I style the SearchView when using a Toolbar as an Action Bar?
body: <p>I'm using a <code>Toolbar</code> as an Action Bar in my app using the AppCompat v21 library, as described in <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html">this post</a> on the Android Developers Blog. I've styled the action bar using the<code>ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar</code> theme so that the text is light. However, I'd like to make the Action Bar <code>SearchView</code>'s search suggestion popup display dark text on a light background, and I've been unable to achieve this effect.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the XML for my Action Bar <code>Toolbar</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
      xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
      android:id="@+id/toolbar_actionbar"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
      android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
      android:elevation="@dimen/action_bar_elevation"
      app:theme="@style/ActionBarThemeOverlay"
      app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried extending the Action Bar theme overlay to style the <code>SearchView</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;style name="ActionBarThemeOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"&gt;
      &lt;item name="searchViewStyle"&gt;@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.SearchView&lt;/item&gt;
  &lt;/style&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've added this same element to my main theme for good measure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"&gt;
      &lt;item name="searchViewStyle"&gt;@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.SearchView&lt;/item&gt;
  &lt;/style&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But the <code>searchViewStyle</code> elements don't seem to have any effect. How can I style the <code>SearchView</code> here?</p>