Possible to open “Speak Now” dialog programmatically?
Is it possible to open the "Speak Now" dialog programmatically? Currently, if the user taps my 'Search' button, a dialog opens and I have the soft keyboard open automatically so the user doesn't need to tap the textedit field. I'd like to offer an alternate 'Search by voice' that will open the dialog and have the "Speak now" window open automatically. So the user doesn't have to find and tap the 'mic' button on the keyboard. Any ideas? Yes, it is possible. Take a look at ApiDemos sample in the Android SDK. There is an activity named VoiceRecognition , it utilizes RecognizerIntent . Basically,