How do I close a SearchView programmatically?

Question

I currently have a SearchView in the action bar of my app. When I click the search icon, the SearchView expands and the keyboard pops up as expecte

Answer 1

To intercept BACK button override onBackPressed() (see docs)

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {

    if (isSearchViewVisible) {
        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.searchBox)
           .getActionView();

        // This method does not exist
        searchView.invokeClose();
    } else {
        super.onBackPressed();
    }
}

EDIT:

Docs say:

If necessary, you can expand or collapse the action view in your own code by calling expandActionView() and collapseActionView() on the MenuItem.