Adding Search Hint text color; since this is not accessible from the standard style/theming xml files.

Added Tests so that it will verify the search bar color is changing.

apps/tests/testRunner.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ allTests["TIME-PICKER"] = require("./ui/time-picker/time-picker-tests");
 allTests["WEB-VIEW"] = require("./ui/web-view/web-view-tests");
 allTests["WEAK-EVENTS"] = require("./weak-event-listener-tests");
 allTests["REPEATER"] = require("./ui/repeater/repeater-tests");
+allTests["SEARCH-BAR"] = require('./ui/search-bar/search-bar-tests');
 
 if (!isRunningOnEmulator()) {
     allTests["LOCATION"] = require("./location-tests");

apps/tests/ui/search-bar/search-bar-tests-native.android.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import colorModule = require("color");
+import searchBarModule = require("ui/search-bar");
+
+function getTextView(bar: android.widget.SearchView): android.widget.TextView {
+    if (bar) {
+        var id = bar.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null);
+        if (id) {
+            return <android.widget.TextView> bar.findViewById(id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+}
+
+export function getNativeHintColor(searchBar: searchBarModule.SearchBar): colorModule.Color {
+    var textView = getTextView(searchBar.android);
+
+    if (textView) {
+        return new colorModule.Color(textView.getHintTextColors().getDefaultColor());
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}

apps/tests/ui/search-bar/search-bar-tests-native.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//@private
+import searchBarModule = require("ui/search-bar");
+import colorModule = require("color");
+
+export declare function getNativeHintColor(textView: searchBarModule.SearchBar): colorModule.Color;

apps/tests/ui/search-bar/search-bar-tests-native.ios.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import colorModule = require("color");
+import searchBarModule = require("ui/search-bar");
+
+export function getNativeHintColor(searchBar: searchBarModule.SearchBar): colorModule.Color {
+    // TODO: This test needs to be created
+    return undefined;
+}

apps/tests/ui/search-bar/search-bar-tests.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import observable = require("data/observable");
+import TKUnit = require("../../TKUnit");
+import helper = require("../helper");
+import viewModule = require("ui/core/view");
+import searchBarTestsNative = require("./search-bar-tests-native");
+import colorModule = require("color");
+import observable = require("data/observable");
 // <snippet module="ui/search-bar" title="search-bar">
 // # SearchBar
 // Using the SearchBar requires the "ui/search-bar" module.
@@ -15,6 +20,44 @@ import searchBarModule = require("ui/search-bar");
 //```
 // </snippet>
 
+var _createSearchBarFunc = function (): searchBarModule.SearchBar {
+    // <snippet module="ui/search-bar" title="SearchBar">
+    // ### Creating a SearchBar
+    // ``` JavaScript
+    var searchBar = new searchBarModule.SearchBar();
+    // ```
+    // </snippet>
+    searchBar.text = "searchBar";
+    return searchBar;
+};
+
+export var testSearchBarHintColorAndroid = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSearchBarFunc(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var searchBar = <searchBarModule.SearchBar>views[0];
+
+        // TODO: create IOS test once IOS support is working
+        if (!searchBar.android) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        searchBar.text = "";
+        searchBar.hint = "hint color test";
+
+        var expectedValue;
+        var actualValue;
+
+        searchBar.textFieldHintColor = new colorModule.Color("blue");
+        expectedValue = "#ff0000ff"; // blue
+        actualValue = searchBarTestsNative.getNativeHintColor(searchBar).hex;
+        TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
+
+        searchBar.textFieldHintColor = new colorModule.Color("red");
+        expectedValue = "#ffff0000"; // Red
+        actualValue = searchBarTestsNative.getNativeHintColor(searchBar).hex;
+        TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
+    });
+};
+
 export function test_DummyTestForSnippetOnly() {
     // <snippet module="ui/search-bar" title="search-bar">
     // ### Searching