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return data to calling activity from searchable

I have this app where the user reads articles through a webview. He can read related articles and press the back or up button to go back through his history. Is there a way to override the search widget in the action bar so that it calls SearchResultsActivity through startActivityForResult() or something? I'd like for the user to click an article and have the link to that article passed back to the webview to keep the history intact.
from ArticleActivity
#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_article, menu);
/* Search results in new activity, clicked article passed back to articleActivity
Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView */
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(this, SearchResultsActivity.class);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(componentName));
return true;
}
from manifest
<activity
android:name=".ArticleActivity"
android:label="#string/article"
android:parentActivityName=".CategoryActivity" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="app.morningsignout.com.morningsignoff.CategoryActivity" />
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchResultsActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTop"
android:label="#string/title_activity_search">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
menu_article.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"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="app.morningsignout.com.morningsignoff.ArticleActivity">
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>

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.

How to open a new activity to show results from a SearchView?

I've been working in an application that uses a SearchView Widget as an ActionView in the ActionBar.
The problem occurs when I type a search and hit the search button, it opens the same activity, what I want to do is to open a new Activity and show the results on a ListView, how can this be fixed?
This is my AndroidManifest.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="andres.hotelsoria" >
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher_hotel"
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" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchableActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_searchable" >
</activity>
</application>

You can start a new activity by attaching a OnQueryTextListener to the SearchView.
final SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SearchableActivity.Class);
startActivity(intent);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return true;
}
};
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);

read this post
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/index.html
as mentioned in this document follow these steps
1)Create a folder in res->xml->searchable.xml paste content as mention in documentation
2)Go to AndroidManifest.xml and change Activity(where you want to deliver result for search) to this
<activity android:name=".SearchableActivity" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"/>
</activity>
3)Declare the SearchView in menu.xml file as
<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="your activity context" >
<item
android:id="#+id/mi_search"
android:title="#string/search"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:icon="#drawable/searchicon"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />
4)in onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) do this code
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the options menu from XML
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
// Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
// Assumes current activity is the searchable activity
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); // Do not iconify the widget;
5)in onOptionsItemSelected.
->fetch Id of search view
->simple paste onSearchRequested() inside block
public boolean onSearchRequested() {
return super.onSearchRequested();
}
6)register searchView with onQueryTextListener and do what you want to do
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SearchView.OnQueryTextListener.html

//You hav to start the new activity like this
SearchView.OnQueryTextListener textListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
//use intent here to start new activity and pass "query" string.
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return true;
}
};
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(textListener);

Android SearchView shows different layouts

I am defining a search action in my action bar. The search works perfectly. However, when touching the search icon a white background layout occurs (containing the app icon) and when touching the back arrow a blue layout occur (without the app icon).
My problem is that I only want to show the blue layout (appearing after touching the back arrow on the white layout).
Here are code relative to the search action bar implementation.
AndroidManifest:
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".RecipeListActivity" />
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".RecipeListActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_recipe_list"
android:parentActivityName=".RecipeFolderActivity" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.cookbook.android.mycookbook.RecipeFolderActivity" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
This is the definition of the menu in 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.cookbook.android.mycookbook.MainFolderActivity" >
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_loupe"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
<item android:id="#+id/add_main_folder"
android:title="#string/add_main_folder"
android:orderInCategory="101"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
Here is the java code:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_folder, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if(id==R.id.search){
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"In onOptionItemSelected, for search");
onSearchRequested();
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
Any help will be greatly appreciated. :-)

Android Search Intent not Firing What am I doing wrong?

Ok I'm incredibly frustrated I've been trying to get a SearchView to work for hours now with no luck. I checked out how to handle this and I found a sample project and the sample project works great. I then implement the same exact things in my project and bam I'm screwed. The intent won't fire. I don't understand why. I followed this
I have all my activities in an activity folder but removed the Search and Main one to see if that was the case... it's not. In my Search Results activity I'm handling the intent. It looks like this currently.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_search_result);
// get the action bar
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
// Enabling Back navigation on Action Bar icon
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
txtQuery = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtQuery);
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.search_result, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
setIntent(intent);
handleIntent(intent);
}
/**
* Handling intent data
*/
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
txtQuery.setText("Search Query: " + query);
}
}
My Searchable XML looks like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:hint="#string/search_hint"
android:label="#string/app_name" />
For some reason the search hint is not appearing, Yet the string resource shows up and it's declared.
my options menu looks like this
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="Search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_search_category_default"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
<item android:id="#+id/Menu"
android:title="MENU"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
/>
And my Manifest looks like this.
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/MyTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".activities.MenuActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_menu"
android:theme="#style/IDME.Theme.Transparent" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".activities.CategoriesActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_categories" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchResultActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_search_result"
>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</menu>
And my Search View inflator looks like this.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().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()));
return true;
}
I cannot for the life of me figure out what's going on, I followed both guides to a tee, I cannot see what's wrong. I've messed around with metadata and I just really can't see the problem anymore. I'm stuck

I, too, followed the exact same (official Android) guide Setting Up the Search Interface and was in the same boat as the OP #rubsnick.
Turns out, all that that needs to be tweaked is--
Change
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
To
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchResultActivity" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Notice the <meta-data code! (specifically, android:name)
Also, no need to specify the searchable xml resource here... instead, do that in the SearchResultActivity activity, as shown below...
Lastly, Modify <activity for SearchResultActivity, like so:
<activity
android:name=".SearchResultActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_search_result" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
The following SO thread does full justice as to why default_searchable and not searchable:
What's the difference between android.app.default_searchable and android.app.searchable meta-data?

your meta data is incorrect you must use:
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"
android:value="your package name of searchable activity.SearchResultActivity" />