[Android] SearchHandler.ClearPlaceholderEnabled has no effect

[NafeelaNazhir]

Description

[SearchHandler.ClearPlaceholderEnabled] has no effect on Android. When set to False , the clear placeholder icon still appears . The property works correctly on iOS and Mac Catalyst.

Expected Output	Actual Output
Screen.Recording.2026-06-04.at.3.09.03.PM.mov	Screen.Recording.2026-06-04.at.3.05.01.PM.mov

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run the attached sample ShellIconsIssue 3.zip
2. Tap the toggle button to set [ClearPlaceholderEnabled = false]
3. Observe that the clear placeholder icon is still visible.

Expected Behavior:
When [ClearPlaceholderEnabled] is set to False, the clear placeholder icon should be hidden.

Actual Behavior:
When [ClearPlaceholderEnabled] is set to False , the clear placeholder icon remains visible on Android.

Link to public reproduction project repository

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Version with bug

10.0.70

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

No response

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

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Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

[Ahamed-Ali]

This issue has been validated in Visual Studio Code 1.121.0 with .NET MAUI versions 10.0.0 and 10.0.70. It was reproducible on the Android platform.