Expand and give focus to SearchView automatically

Question

I\'m developing an application where the user presses the \"Search\" icon in the ActionBar and a SearchView is made visible at the top of the scree

Answer 1

You can also call to expandActionView() method in order to force it:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu( Menu menu )
{
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu( menu );

    MenuItem searchMenuItem = menu.findItem( R.id.mi_search ); // get my MenuItem with placeholder submenu
    searchMenuItem.expandActionView(); // Expand the search menu item in order to show by default the query

    return true;
}

Search item in the Action Bar layout: