<EditText
    android:id="@+id/idSearchEditText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/dimen_40dp"
    android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
    android:drawablePadding="8dp"
    android:ellipsize="start"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:hint="Search"
    android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
    android:inputType="text"
    android:paddingStart="16dp"
    android:paddingEnd="8dp"
/>

EditText mSearchEditText = findViewById(R.id.idSearchEditText);
mSearchEditText.addTextChangedListener(this);
mSearchEditText.setOnTouchListener(this);


@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable aEditable) {
    int clearIcon = android.R.drawable.ic_notification_clear_all;
    int searchIcon = android.R.drawable.ic_menu_search;
    if (aEditable == null || TextUtils.isEmpty(aEditable.toString())) {
        clearIcon = 0;
        searchIcon = android.R.drawable.ic_menu_search;
    } else {
        clearIcon = android.R.drawable.ic_notification_clear_all;
        searchIcon = 0;
    }
    Drawable leftDrawable =  null;
    if (searchIcon != 0) {
        leftDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(searchIcon);
    }
    Drawable rightDrawable = null;
    if (clearIcon != 0) {
        rightDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(clearIcon);
    }

    mSearchEditText.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(leftDrawable, null, rightDrawable, null);
}


@Override
public boolean onTouch(View aView, MotionEvent aEvent) {
    if (aEvent.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP){
        if (aEvent.getX() > ( mSearchEditText.getWidth() - 
         mSearchEditText.getCompoundPaddingEnd())){
            mSearchEditText.setText("");
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Drawable x = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.x);
x.setBounds(0, 0, x.getIntrinsicWidth(), x.getIntrinsicHeight());
mEditText.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, x, null);

式中x为:

Android的支持库中有一个SearchView类就是这样做的。(虽然不是从EditText派生的，所以必须使用一个SearchView。OnQueryTextListener代替TextWatcher)

在XML中像这样使用:

  <android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
            android:id="@+id/searchView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
            android:queryHint="@string/SearchHint"
            app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
            app:queryHint="@string/SearchHint" />

在你的EditText中添加drawableEnd这样的十字:

<EditText
     ...
    android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_close"
    android:drawablePadding="8dp"
     ... />

并使用扩展处理点击(或使用OnTouchListener直接在您的EditText):

fun EditText.onDrawableEndClick(action: () -> Unit) {
    setOnTouchListener { v, event ->
        if (event.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
            v as EditText
            val end = if (v.resources.configuration.layoutDirection == View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL)
                v.left else v.right
            if (event.rawX >= (end - v.compoundPaddingEnd)) {
                action.invoke()
                return@setOnTouchListener true
            }
        }
        return@setOnTouchListener false
    }
}

扩展用法:

editText.onDrawableEndClick {
    // TODO clear action
    etSearch.setText("")
}

对于可绘制的资源，您可以使用标准的android图像:

http://androiddrawables.com/Menu.html网站档案

例如:

android:background="@android:drawable/ic_menu_close_clear_cancel"

Use

android:drawableRight="@android:drawable/ic_input_delete"