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

This worked for me :

In the root layout :

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

SearchView defined as follows :

The difference is with app tag.

app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
app:queryHint="Search name or email"