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How to get a text from SearchView?

I need to get a text from SearchView and compare it to strings in my activity's ListView and show a Toast if the word in a SearchView is in my ListView. How do I do that? Here's my working code for the SearchView:
MenuItem ourSearchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_search);
SearchView sv = (SearchView) ourSearchItem.getActionView();
sv.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
adapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
return false;
}
});

To get text of SearchView, use searchView.getQuery().

try this code :
MenuItem ourSearchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_search);
SearchView sv = (SearchView) ourSearchItem.getActionView();
sv.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
Toast.makeText(getContext(), query, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
adapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
}
return false;
}
});

Regarding-SearchView in Actionbar

I implemented a searchView in Actionbar
final SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(
R.id.search_item).getActionView();
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String arg0) {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String arg0) {
return false;
}
});
What i wanted is that after submitting the text , the searchView should become readonly.
i have tried searchView.setEnabled(false); but didnt get ..Please help me

In your onQueryTextSubmit() Method: add this
searchView.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);
searchView.invalidate();
and to remove it use this:
if(searchView.getInputType()==InputType.TYPE_NULL) {
searchView.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT);
searchView.invalidate();
}

onQueryTextChange triggered after app resume

I am stumbed with animated searchview onQueryTextListener. When activity and fragment created first it works nice. Then I press home button, open other apps, do some work there to wipe the data of searchview activity and then return to the app. And when activity and fragment resume onQueryTextChange method is triggered by it's own. I tried this issue
Fragment replacement triggers onQueryTextChange on searchview
but it did not help, helps only when searchview SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER, but in this case I can not see searchview. How to prevent self-triggering of OnQueryTextListener?
Snippet from fragment
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
searchView = new SearchView(getSherlockActivity().getSupportActionBar()
.getThemedContext());
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
if (newText.length() > 0) {
fpAdapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
} else {
loadData();
}
return false;
}
});
TextView searchText = (TextView) searchView
.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_src_text);
searchText.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
searchText.setCursorVisible(false);
ImageView searchButton = (ImageView) searchView
.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_button);
searchButton.setImageResource(R.drawable.search_menu_button);
LinearLayout searchEditFrame = (LinearLayout) searchView
.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_edit_frame);
searchEditFrame.setBackgroundResource(android.R.color.transparent);
View searchPlate = searchView.findViewById(R.id.abs__search_plate);
searchPlate.setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(0, 0, 0, 0));
menu.add("Search")
.setActionView(searchView)
.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
final MenuItem searchMenuItem = menu.getItem(0);
final Animation in = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getSherlockActivity()
.getApplicationContext(), R.anim.search_in);
final Animation out = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(
getSherlockActivity().getApplicationContext(),
R.anim.search_out);
searchView.setQueryHint(getResources().getText(
R.string.search_messages_hint));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
searchView
.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View view,
boolean queryTextFocused) {
if (!queryTextFocused) {
// searchView.startAnimation(out);
searchMenuItem.collapseActionView();
} else {
searchView.startAnimation(in);
}
}
});
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
Update: This appears only in HTC sensation XL with Android 4.0.3, on 4.2 I don't see this problem.

Found the only one solution - set listener in onResume:
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
if (newText.length() > 0) {
fpAdapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
} else {
loadData();
}
return false;
}
}); }

use this code
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String s) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(final String s) {
if(searchView.getWidth()>0)
{
// your code here
}
return false;
}
});

You can set to use the SearchView only when it's in focus. I had a similar problem where the search was performing in my fragment every time when users resumed it. I solve it with the following method:
-Add a boolean to see when SearchView is in focus:
//by default the SearchView isn't in focus so set it to false.
private boolean shouldSearch = false;
searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener((view, hasFocus) -> {
if (hasFocus) {
shouldSearch = true;
} else {
shouldSearch = false;
}
});
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
if (shouldSearch) {
//do your search here
}
return true;
}
});

This is a known issue. You can fix by checking to see if the search is "iconified" i.e only showing the magnifying glass icon or if it is expanded ( which means the user is interacting with the search view)
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
override fun onQueryTextSubmit(query: String?): Boolean {
//your code here
return true
}
override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String?): Boolean {
//this will catch firing event
if (searchView.isIconified) {
return true
}
//your code here
return true
}
})

submit a query when click on search button in keyboard

I have search view in my fragment. when I click on it , keyboard is open and I can type text. I want when I click on search button in keyboard , my query send to my server and get result but I don't know how get search event. any solution?

You have to extend OnQueryTextListener, attach the listener and implement onQueryTextSubmit.
Example:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.mActionSearch).getActionView();
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
//Do something here
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return false;
}

Pozzo Apps Answer is right
but for api below 11 and compat library you can use something like this :
MenuItem search_menu=(MenuItem)menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
SearchView searchView =(SearchView)MenuItemCompat.getActionView(search_menu);

You can also apply setOnKeyListener on search view like as below:
searchview.setOnKeyListener(new View.OnKeyListener(
{
Public boolean onKey(View v, int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
{
if(event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
{
switch(keyCode)
{
Case KeyEvent.KECODE_ENTER:
// Apply action which you want on search key press on keypad
return true;
default:
break;
}
} return false;
}
});

You have to add new OnQueryTextListener, and implement onQueryTextSubmit. This also works in a fragment.
Example:
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_search, menu);
SearchView sv = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
sv.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
//Do something here
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Search: " + query, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT ).show();
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return false;
}
});
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu,inflater);
}

Auto Collapse ActionBar SearchView on Soft Keyboard close

I am currently using an ActionBar menu item to display a SearchView in the action bar. When the search menu item is expanded the soft keyboard is displayed which is what I want. Now, when the user presses the back button to close the soft keyboard, I would also like to collapse the SearchView in the action bar.
I have tried implementing the following listeners OnKeyListener and OnFocusChangeListener on the MenuItem and the ActionView. I have also tried using OnBackPressed() in the Activity. None of the above detect when the back button is used to close the soft keyboard.
Any ideas?
I have implemented OnActionExpandListener to know when the SearchView is visible.

I'll expand on #user1258568 's answer for the lazy. This worked for me. Note that it clears your query when focus is lost.
final MenuItem searchMenuItem = optionsMenu.findItem(R.id.search);
final SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchMenuItem.getActionView();
searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View view, boolean queryTextFocused) {
if(!queryTextFocused) {
searchMenuItem.collapseActionView();
searchView.setQuery("", false);
}
}
});

I found a better solution.
searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener().
The OnQueryTextFocusChangeListener gets called when the keyboard is displayed or hidden. Gets called first when the keyboard is displayed and the search view will have focus. Gets called again when keyboard is hidden and search view will lose focus, can close search viewthen using
menuItem.collapseActionView().

Just Override onBackPressed like this:
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (searchView.isShown()){
searchView.onActionViewCollapsed(); //collapse your ActionView
searchView.setQuery("",false); //clears your query without submit
isClosed = true; //needed to handle closed by back
} else{
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
and your onCreateOptionsMenu would inflate the mSearchView like this:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
mSearchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_action_search).getActionView();
mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
mSearchView.setOnSearchClickListener(this);
mSearchView.setOnCloseListener(this);
isClosed = true;
return true;
}
have you class implement the following like this:
public class myActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
SearchView.OnQueryTextListener, View.OnClickListener, SearchView.OnCloseListener {
which you will also need:
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
isClosed = false;
}
#Override
public boolean onClose() {
isClosed = true;
return false;
}
You will need to make "mSearchView" and "isClosed" both global variables to the activity.

The answer from Jon Willis works great. This is an improvement to his answer.
First, create a new class that implements View.OnFocusChangeListener:
public class SearchViewFocusListener implements View.OnFocusChangeListener {
private final MenuItem mMenuItem;
public SearchViewFocusListener(MenuItem menuItem) {
mMenuItem = menuItem;
}
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (!hasFocus) {
mMenuItem.collapseActionView();
if (v instanceof SearchView) {
((SearchView) v).setQuery("", false);
}
}
}
}
Next, set the listener on your SearchView:
searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener(new SearchViewFocusListener(menuItem));

You only need to put the "collapseActionView" attribute in the menu layout
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_item_search"
android:title="#string/search"
android:iconifiedByDefault="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"/> <--this one
</menu>
That will give you the functionality you look for all by itself.Don't forget to call the method "clearFocus" on the SearchView to close the keyboard once you send the query.

This is what I did for making the keyboard disappear. You can try to see if this works for you. I set the searchView to invisible and then to visible again.
//set query change listener
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener(){
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
/**
* hides and then unhides search tab to make sure keyboard disappears when query is submitted
*/
searchView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
searchView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
return false;
}
});

It's achievable like this:
private void setupSearchView(Menu menu) {
final MenuItem searchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
final SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchMenuItem.getActionView();
[...]
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
searchMenuItem.collapseActionView();
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return true;
}
});
}
Solutions based on setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener() did not work for me because the event was not launched - the searchView did not lose focus when submitted, probably because I perform the search in the same activity that contains the Search View.
Anyway, I think using OnQueryTextListener is more correct, as it describes the event of submitting text more precisely.

#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.home_screen, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
final MenuItem searchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search);
final SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchMenuItem
.getActionView();
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
if (searchManager != null && searchView != null) {
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager
.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView
.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (!hasFocus) {
if (searchMenuItem != null) {
searchMenuItem.collapseActionView();
}// end if
if (searchView != null) {
searchView.setQuery("", false);
}// end if
}// end if
}
});
searchView
.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
/**
* hides and then unhides search tab to make sure
* keyboard disappears when query is submitted
*/
if (searchView != null) {
searchView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
searchView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
});
}
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

If you want to collapse keyboard when user clicks search icon on keyboard
this can be achieved by simple
inside onquerytextsubmitted {
searchView.clearfocus()
}

You need to call setIconified twice.
To actually collapse your search view and close the keyboard.
With first call text of search view is cleared with second call keyboard and search view get closed.

For some reason, menuItem.collapseActionView() did not work so I used searchView.setIconified(true) instead.
This gives the below result as the code sample.
final MenuItem searchItem = (MenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_search);
final SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener(new SearchView.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (!hasFocus) {
searchView.setIconified(true);
}
}
});