android searchview toolbar code example
Example 1: android searchview in toolbar
You have to use Appcompat library for that. Which is used like below:
dashboard.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="@+id/action_search"
android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
app:actionViewClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView"
android:title="Search"/>
</menu>
Activity file (in Java):
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.dashboard, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) MainActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = null;
if (searchItem != null) {
searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
}
if (searchView != null) {
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(MainActivity.this.getComponentName()));
}
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Activity file (in Kotlin):
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu)
val searchItem: MenuItem? = menu?.findItem(R.id.action_search)
val searchManager = getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE) as SearchManager
val searchView: SearchView? = searchItem?.actionView as SearchView
searchView?.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(componentName))
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
}
manifest file:
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value="com.apkgetter.SearchResultsActivity" />
<activity
android:name="com.apkgetter.SearchResultsActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:launchMode="singleTop" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
</activity>
searchable xml file:
<?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" />
And at last, your SearchResultsActivity class code. for showing result of your search.
Example 2: search bar android studio kotlin
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean { menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.search_menu, menu) val searchItem: MenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search) if (searchItem != null) { searchView = MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem) as SearchView searchView.setOnCloseListener(object : SearchView.OnCloseListener { override fun onClose(): Boolean { return true } }) val searchPlate = searchView.findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text) as EditText searchPlate.hint = "Search" val searchPlateView: View = searchView.findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_plate) searchPlateView.setBackgroundColor( ContextCompat.getColor( this, android.R.color.transparent ) ) searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener { override fun onQueryTextSubmit(query: String?): Boolean {