android.widget.SearchView cannot be cast to android.support.v7.widget.SearchView

Question

I\'m not unsure of why I\'m getting this error. Here\'s the menu in question:

Answer 1

instead of using androids

android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"

you have to use the apps

app:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"

as per the documentation.

Answer 2

In your menu.xml your has to be

<item
  android:id="@+id/action_search"
  android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
  android:title="@string/action_search"
  android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
  android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />

with that change in the last line

Answer 3

you can fixed this issue by doing this job in your code

adding this

import android.widget.SearchView;