How to implement search widget in Action Bar Sherlock?

Question

I tried to get Search box to work on Action Bar Sherlock.

This is my PreLocationActivity:

    @ContentView(R.layout.search)
    public c         


        

Answer 1

private EditText search;

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu menu)
{
    menu.add(0, 1, 1, R.string.menu_search).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_search).setActionView(R.layout.action_search).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem item)
{
    switch (item.getItemId())
    {
        case 1:
        search = (EditText) item.getActionView();
        search.addTextChangedListener(filterTextWatcher);
        search.requestFocus();
        InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
        imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
    }
}

private TextWatcher filterTextWatcher = new TextWatcher()
{
    public void afterTextChanged(Editable s)
    {
    }

    public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after)
    {
    }

    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count)
    {
        // your search logic here
    }
};