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Intent is not triggered in android searchview

Here is my code for searchview in android.Search option is visible on the toolbar but when a text and entered and searched it does not trigger SearchActivity.
xml/searchable.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/label"
android:hint="#string/search" >
</searchable>
menu/menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.welcomecure.searchview">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" />
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<!-- to identify this activity as "searchable" -->
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
// Inflate menu to add items to action bar if it is present.
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
}
SearchActivity.java
public class SearchActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(#Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
//use the query to search
}
}
}

Your Activity is named SearchActivity, but you declared SearchResultsActivity in manifest:
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" />
From the docs:
To declare the searchable activity for an activity's search dialog,
add a element inside the respective activity's
element. The element must include the android:value
attribute that specifies the searchable activity's class name and the
android:name attribute with a value of
"android.app.default_searchable".

try to use the same activity name from the calling activity, you used SearchActivity to show the search result, try to use the same activity name
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchActivity" />
</activity>

You can also do this programmatically.
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) { // this is triggered when you press the key search from keyboard.
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) { // this is triggered when you change your search text.
return true;
}
});

Android Search Widget in Actionbar and second unnecessary search on top

I want to create a search for the user in the ActionBar. I use the SearchView Widget as an Action View. But when I include the
part in the manifest, it also pops up a second search on top. Both the view on top and the ActionBar Search work. When I remove the part from the manifest, the second Search doesn't pop up and only the one in the ActionBar does, but nothing happens when I hit the search button.
This is how it looks:
I only want the second view not the white search on top. Perhaps somebody easily sees whats wrong.
This is my AndroidManifest.xml
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/BlueTheme">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".helper.SearchResultsActivity" />
</activity>
<activity android:name=".helper.SearchResultsActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"/>
</activity>
</application>
The part of the Fragment(as part of MainActivity) which handles the search:
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
inflater.inflate(R.menu.persons, menu);
Log.d("ml Person", "creating Options Menu for Persons");
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getActivity().getComponentName()));
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
switch (id) {
case R.id.action_search:
getActivity().onSearchRequested();
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
widget in menu:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search_white_24dp"
android:orderInCategory="10"
android:title="#string/action_search"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>
searchable.xml
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/search_hint_persons" />

Display SearchView in ActionBar Android

I am trying to display a SearchView inside the ActionBar of my activity. I followed android developer guide here here
But no SearchView is displayed and I cannot figure out why.
Here there is the code of my activity
public class SearchActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private String query;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.search_activity_layout);
Intent intent = getIntent();
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
this.query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
Toast.makeText(this,query, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
return true;
}
}
here the is the serachable.xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/search_hint" />
here there is the options_menu.xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
and this is the manifest
<activity android:name=".SearchActivity"
android:label="SearchActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"/>
</activity>
the only strange thing is that this line (android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom") in the options_menu.xml file is highlighted in red.

Try putting this in your options_menu.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
app:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom" />
</menu>
And this in your AndroidManifest.xml
<activity android:name=".SearchActivity"
android:label="SearchActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"/>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchActivity" />
</activity>
And this in your SearchActivity.java
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
setIntent(intent);
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
Log.e("query", intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY));
}
}

For your reference, hope this helps!
menu_main.xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
\res\xml\searchable.xml:
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/search_hint" />
AndroidManifest.xml:
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
MainActivity.java:
package com.example.searchview;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.SearchView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
...
}

Try out the following code
menu_search.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:context=".SearchActivity">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="Search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
I think you are making a mistake in the above code.
Are you using appcompat library?
if no, the above code should work.
if yes, try using app:showAsAction instead of android:showAsAction and
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" instead of android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
manifest
<activity
android:name=".SearchActivity"
android:label="SearchActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchActivity" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
SearchActivity.java
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
super.onNewIntent(intent);
System.out.println("onNewIntent SearchResults");
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
System.out.println("Received query: " + query);
}
}

Search on ActionBar

Level:Beginner
I am trying to implement a search bar on ActionBar. I want that when someone clicks the search icon, he should get a text field, where he simply fills in the text and can search by submitting through the keyboard search Button. Following several tutorials, I am quite confused.
When I do not add
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
I get an icon for search, but it does not expands into a text field. So I am not able to search anything from there.
when I add
`searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); `
I get an error 'unfortunately, Application has stopped' and the logcat shows:-
Process: com.example.bhavya.myapplication, PID: 23261
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.widget.SearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(boolean)' on a null object reference
at com.example.bhavya.myapplication.MainActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(MainActivity.java:27)
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
return true;
}
I also tried to set 'intent-filter' and 'meta-data' in the following way after I was unsuccesful
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.bhavya.myapplication" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchableActivity"/>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchableActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_searchable" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"/>
</activity>
</application>
but nothing changed, I also made a folder "xml" and set searchable configuration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/app_name" >
</searchable>
This is my menu.
<menu 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" tools:context=".MainActivity">
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings" android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:title="Search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
This is my 2nd activity
public class SearchableActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_searchable);
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;I get an icon for search, but it does not expands into a text field. So I am not able to search anything from there.
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
//use the query to search
}
}
}
I tried to look up a lot, but only got confused more. Please Help.

Search on action bar does not call search activity

I am trying to make a search bar and I followed the tutorial on http://developer.android.com/training/search/setup.html. It does not work and SearchResultsActivity does not get called, so I immediately found the following question:
Search widget on action bar doesn't trigger my search activity. However, the solutions listed there (more specifically, adding meta-data inside in AndroidManifest.xml and using references to strings in xml/searchable.xml) do not solve my problem. I also tried putting meta-data in <activity> in AndroidManifest.xml and numerous other solutions to no avail.
What am I doing wrong?
Here is my code:
main.xml:
<menu 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"
tools:context="com.jsondataparser.app.MainActivity" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item android:id="#+id/search_menu"
android:title="#string/app_name"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
xml/searchable.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/app_name">
</searchable>
AndroidManifest.xml:
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" />
<activity
android:name="com.jsondataparser.app.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.jsondataparser.app.SearchResultsActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
MainActivity.java:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager)getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search_menu).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
SearchResultsActivity.java:
public class SearchResultsActivity extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
Log.d("SearchResultsActivity", "onCreate called");
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
handleIntent(intent);
Log.d("SearchResultsActivity", "onNewIntent called");
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
Log.d("SearchResultsActivity", query);
}
}
}

Put also
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" />
inside <activity> in your AndroidManifest.