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Add SearchWidget to Android ActionBar
public class Activity extends android.app.Activity
{
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu( Menu menu )
{
getMenuInflater().inflate( R.menu.main, menu );
// Add SearchWidget.
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService( Context.SEARCH_SERVICE );
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem( R.id.options_menu_main_search ).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo( searchManager.getSearchableInfo( getComponentName() ) );
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu( menu );
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<application>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".app.Search" />
<activity android:name=".activities.Search" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="@+id/options_menu_main_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="@drawable/icon_magnifier"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="Search"/>
</menu>
public class Search extends Activity
{}
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:hint="@string/search_hint"
android:includeInGlobalSearch="false"
android:label="@string/search_label"
android:searchSettingsDescription="@string/search_global_description" />
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