How to align items in action bar to the left?

Question

I have an actionbar with a searchview but I\'d like to align it to the left such as in the maps app as opposed to the right. How would I do this?

Answer 1

Don't work with getApplicationContext() , i found an issue

    RelativeLayout relative = new RelativeLayout(mActionBar.getThemedContext());
    mSearchView = new SearchView(mActionBar.getThemedContext());
    mSearchView.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
    mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
    mSearchView.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
    relative.addView(mSearchView);
    mActionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
    mActionBar.setCustomView(relative);