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 are not use any function in onBackPressed() method ,remove it from your Activity.So that the SearchView itself handle the onBackPress event.

I am using SearchView as

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    SearchView searchview = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);
    searchview.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
    searchview.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
    searchview.setSubmitButtonEnabled(true);  
    searchview.setQueryHint("Search Here"); 
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}

and my menu.xml as follows