Android: Return search query to current activity

Question

I followed the steps described on http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/search-dialog.html to implement a search feature in my notepad application.

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Answer 1

I was also facing the same problem, then I wrote this code and it solved my problem.

Implement this in your Activity

**implements SearchView.OnQueryTextListener, SearchView.OnCloseListener**

Add this function in the class:

private void setupSearchView()
        {

            searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);

            SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
            if (searchManager != null)
                {
                    List searchables = searchManager.getSearchablesInGlobalSearch();

                    // Try to use the "applications" global search provider
                    SearchableInfo info = searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName());
                    for (SearchableInfo inf : searchables)
                        {
                            if (inf.getSuggestAuthority() != null && inf.getSuggestAuthority().startsWith("applications"))
                                {
                                    info = inf;
                                }
                        }
                    searchView.setSearchableInfo(info);
                }

            searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
            searchView.setOnCloseListener(this);
        }

Call the function in the onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
        {
            MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
            inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
            //restoreActionBar();
            // Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
            //SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
            searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
            //searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
            setupSearchView();
            return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        }

This will totally solve your problem..

Happy Coding!!