How to get a text from SearchView?

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;
        }
    });

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