android.widget.SearchView cannot be cast to android.support.v7.widget.SearchView

Question

I\'m not unsure of why I\'m getting this error. Here\'s the menu in question:

Answer 1

Try adding this:

MenuItem menuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(menuItem);

It worked for me.