actionbar search will not close after search

Question

I have an actionbar with a search icon. When the search icon is clicked, it expands to a search bar in which the user can type in a search.

The problem is when the

Answer 1

One simpler way, that works even if the SearchView widget is not on the actionbar is the following code:

searchView.setQuery("", false);
searchView.setIconified(true);

And that makes the SearchView collapse after a search is made.