Android: SearchableInfo is null when using packageNameSuffix in Gradle build script

Question

I encountered that the method getSearchableInfo always returns null during SearchView initialization if I use the packageNameSuffix in

Answer 1

I am using product flavors that completely changes the package name. I found that by using the ComponentName(Context pkg, Class cls) constructor for my search activity I get a valid SearchableInfo.

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchableInfo searchableInfo = searchManager.getSearchableInfo(new ComponentName(this, SearchActivity.class));

I also had to adjust my provider to use a different package so my searchable xml is in each flavor directory and the provider is listed in the manifest for each flavor as well. This is my directory structure:

src
  main
    AndoridManifest.xml
  flavor1
    res
      xml
        search.xml
    AndroidManifest.xml
  flavor2
    res
      xml
        search.xml
    AndroidManifest.xml

main/AndroidManifest.xml

flavor1/AndroidManifest.xml

flavor1/res/xml/search.xml

flavor2/AndroidManifest.xml

flavor2/res/xml/search.xml