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

if you have input on your searchView

mSearchView.setIconified(true);

will only clear the text.

The correct method to close a searchView is

mSearchView.onActionViewCollapsed();