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

My way:

1. Create CustomSearchView class

    public class CustomSearchView extends SearchView{
        public CustomSearchView(final Context context) {
            super(context);
            this.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean dispatchKeyEventPreIme(KeyEvent event) {
            if (event.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK && 
                event.getAction() == KeyEvent.ACTION_UP) {
                this.onActionViewCollapsed();
            }
            return super.dispatchKeyEventPreIme(event);
        }
    }

2. Add actionViewClass

3. Create CustomSearchView into onCreateOptionsMenu

    CustomSearchView searchView = (CustomSearchView)menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();