Android SearchView.OnQueryTextListener OnQueryTextSubmit not fired on empty query string

Question

I am using Android 4.1.2. I have a SearchView widget on an ActionBar. Documentation on SearchView.OnQueryTextListener

Answer 1

In my case I just wanted to enable user to clear his query as it was used as keyword in API search, so the simplest idea was:

    searchView.setOnSearchClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            userQuery = "";
        }
    });

where userQuery is my variable used for searching etc.

Hope it helps someone :)