SearchView.OnCloseListener does not get invoked

Question

Im using an action bar and adding a searchView to it. I have implemented the searchView.onCLoseListener but this does not seem to be getting invoked. Any suggestions ?

Answer 1

What I did to sort out a similar problem is I created a new class that extended SearchView:

public class EnglishVerbSearchView extends SearchView {

OnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener;

public EnglishVerbSearchView(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

@Override
public void onActionViewCollapsed() {
    if (mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener != null)
        mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener.onSearchViewCollapsed();
    super.onActionViewCollapsed();
}

public interface OnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener{
    public void onSearchViewCollapsed();
}

public void setOnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener(OnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener eventListener) {
    mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener = eventListener;
}

}

You can then use this class instead of SearchView in your menu xml file:

And then you can add a listener in your activity:

    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.dictionary, menu);
    MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    EnglishVerbSearchView searchView = (EnglishVerbSearchView)      MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);       

    // Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
    SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
    // Assumes current activity is the searchable activity
    searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
    searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); // Do not iconify the widget; expand it by default

    searchView.setOnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener(listener);

You can also override other methods in your class that replaces SearchView to achieve other goals.