Expand and give focus to SearchView automatically

Question

I\'m developing an application where the user presses the \"Search\" icon in the ActionBar and a SearchView is made visible at the top of the scree

Answer 1

android:iconifiedByDefault="true"

Above is the code in XML helped me make it expand and autofocus on search view when clicked:

Answer 2

I was having a hard time doing this with SearchView widget, but the expandActionView() method is actually defined in the MenuItem class, not SearchView class. So, I solved it by

        MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.item_search);
        SearchView   searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
        searchItem.expandActionView();

I hope it helps. :)

Answer 3

This worked for me :

In the root layout :

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

SearchView defined as follows :

 <android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
        android:id="@+id/search_contacts"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_margin="15dp"
        android:background="@drawable/search_view"        
        app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
        app:queryHint="Search name or email"
        >

        <requestFocus />
    </android.support.v7.widget.SearchView>

The difference is with app tag.

app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
app:queryHint="Search name or email"

Answer 4

For Appcompat Searchview you can use this method:

MenuItemCompat.expandActionView(mSearchMenuItem);

Answer 5

@Pascalius's answer worked for me. But every time you close the SearchView, and click again, you lost the Focus. So I inserted the code in a setOnMenuItemClickListener like this:

MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
final SearchView searchView = (SearchView) item.getActionView();

item.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem) {
        searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
        searchView.setFocusable(true);
        searchView.setIconified(false);
        searchView.requestFocusFromTouch();

        return false;
    }
});

Answer 6

use this

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
                SearchView searchView = new SearchView(mActivity.actionBar.getThemedContext());
                searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(mActivity.getComponentName()));
                searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
                searchView.setQueryHint("Search");
                menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).setActionView(searchView);