And also when I click I want that it goes to some new fragment so I can set another tabs or another layout for it . All I want basically is when I click it shows back button and a blank white screen and not the current screen I am working at.
SO please help me with it as soon as possible. Thank you :)
I have a normal material design search but o want to modify it and make it more impressive
Gradle Dependencies for AppCompat-v7
To use the appcompat-v7 support library, we should add the library in Gradle dependency.
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
Android Manifest for SearchView
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/Theme.MyCompatTheme">
<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=".SearchResultsActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/Theme.MyCompatTheme">
<!-- 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>
Android SearchView in Menu
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="never"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_search"
android:title="#string/menu_search"
appcompat:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
appcompat:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>
Styling Search View in Android Action Bar
<resources>
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">
</style>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
</style>
<style name="Theme.MyCompatTheme" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/winBackground</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar"
parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#color/background</item>
<item name="background">#color/background</item>
</style>
<color name="winBackground">#98cb4a</color>
<color name="background">#f76d3c</color>
</resources>
Add the following searchable.xml file in folder “res/xml”
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/search_hint" />
Search View Main Activity
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#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_main, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
}
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
</RelativeLayout>
SearchResultsActivity.java, in this class look at the way onNewIntent(Intent) method is overriden and handled. This is where we will get the search input query and our search against the data bank.
SearchResultsActivity.java
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
public class SearchResultsActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_result);
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.menu_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
}
}
}
activity_results.xml -- the layout for search results
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="#ff3dc0ff">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/search_result" />
</RelativeLayout>
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I am trying to use SearchView in app bar. When i run it gives the following error:
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: in.backtogodhead, PID: 1876
java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.support.v7.widget.SearchView.setSearchableInfo(android.app.SearchableInfo)' on a null object reference
at in.backtogodhead.MainActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(MainActivity.java:590)
at android.app.Activity.onCreatePanelMenu(Activity.java:2823)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreatePanelMenu(FragmentActivity.java:328)
at android.support.v7.view.WindowCallbackWrapper.onCreatePanelMenu(WindowCallbackWrapper.java:93)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase$AppCompatWindowCallbackBase.onCreatePanelMenu(AppCompatDelegateImplBase.java:332)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.preparePanel(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1370)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.doInvalidatePanelMenu(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1650)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9$1.run(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:134)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
The following are the details:
/res/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/search_hint" >
</searchable>
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="test.test">
<application
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value="test.test.SearchActivity" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_search"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable"/>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
/menu/menu_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" >
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="search_title"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_search_category_default"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
my MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Here shows the MainActivity content
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
My SearchActivity.java
public class SearchActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_search);
// Get the intent, verify the action and get the query
Intent intent = getIntent();
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
Toast tag = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Testing",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
tag.show();
}
}
}
styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:windowDisablePreview">true</item>
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
<item name="actionOverflowMenuStyle">#style/OverflowMenu</item>
</style>
</resources>
progaurd-rulses.pro
-keep class android.support.v7.widget.SearchView { *; }
In my question i am doing everything right but still its showing the error. SO i am not able to figure it out
I think your problem is that you use
findViewById(R.id.search) which returns null
Instead you should use
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
and after
SearchView searchView = MenuItem.getActionView(searchItem);
See this will help you
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_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;
}
res/menu/options_menu.xml
<?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_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
res/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/search_hint" />
In Manifest file
<activity ... >
...
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SearchResultsActivity" ... >
...
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
...
</activity>
I want to make the Search view like the flowing picture.
i use this code. But did't get the result i expected .
<item
android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/search_hint"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search_white_48px"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
I suggest you to use Toolbar instead Actionbar,try this way
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/toolbar_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#color/theme_primary" />
<com.miguelcatalan.materialsearchview.MaterialSearchView
android:id="#+id/search_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</FrameLayout>
Check this for more https://github.com/MiguelCatalan/MaterialSearchView
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>
styles.xml:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
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 {
private SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener;
#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()));
queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
Log.i("onQueryTextChange", newText);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
Log.i("onQueryTextSubmit", query);
return true;
}
};
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);
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.
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
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);
}
}
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.
i know this has been asked many times. i've gone through most of the questions here regarding the above problem. but they didn't really help. i can't find the problem in my code. so here is my code
package com.example.actionbaractivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
}
now manifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.actionbaractivity"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="18"
android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
and now the menu xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always|withText"/>
</menu>
and finally the string xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">ActionbarActivity</string>
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
<string name="action_search"></string>
</resources>
Do in this way:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|always"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
then in your Activity class:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
if(null!=searchManager )
{
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
}
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
return true;
}
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