SearchView doesn't expand full width
MenuItemCompat's SearchView has a property named maxWidth. The following does the trick:
searchView.setMaxWidth( Integer.MAX_VALUE );
I was having the same problem. Searchview was not fully expanding. Here is how i solved the problem
in my styles.xml i defined a style for SearchView
<style name="MySearchViewStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView">
<item name="queryBackground">@color/light_gray_3</item>
<item name="submitBackground">@color/gray</item>
<item name="closeIcon">@android:drawable/ic_menu_close_clear_cancel</item>
<item name="goIcon">@drawable/abc_ic_go_search_api_mtrl_alpha</item>
<item name="searchHintIcon">@null</item>
<item name="android:maxWidth">1000dp</item>
</style>
then in my style for toolbar i added a line to stylize the searchview
<style name="ThemeToolbar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="colorControlNormal">@color/gray</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">@android:color/white</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">@color/gray</item>
<item name="searchViewStyle">@style/MySearchViewStyle</item>
</style>
Here is my searchview layout defined in search_view_layout.xml
<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/rk.chkout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:searchHintIcon="@null"
android:maxWidth="10000dp" />
and the search item declaration in menu.xml
<item
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:id="@+id/action_search"
android:icon="@drawable/search_icon"
android:title="@string/search"
app:actionLayout="@layout/search_view_layout"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"/>