How to use SearchView in Toolbar Android

Question

The code on which I am working, is using a Toolbar and inflating a menu.

Here is the code

private Toolbar mToolbar;
mToolbar.inflateMenu(R.menu.chat_screen_menu);
setupMenu ();
private void setupMenu ()
   {
   mMenu = mToolbar.getMenu();
   if (mMenu != null)
      {
       if (mChatPager != null && mChatPager.getCurrentItem() > 0)
          {
          mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_chats, true);
          mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_contacts, false);
          }
       else
          {
           mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_chats, false);
           mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_contacts, true);
           mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_otr_verified,false);
           mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_otr_unverified,false);
           mMenu.setGroupVisible(R.id.menu_group_otr_off,false);
          }
    }
    mToolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new OnMenuItemClickListener ()
    {
    ..........
    }
}

But now, they require a Search button in the tool_bar. I managed to put it, I followed a guide here When I try to write something to search, the toast I had put to test the listener never shown. which indicates listener is not working

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.chat_screen_menu, menu);

    SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
    mSearchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(menu.findItem(R.id.action_menu_search));
    final Toast toast = new Toast(mApp);

    if (mSearchView != null )
    {
        mSearchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
        mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);

        SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener()
        {
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText)
            {
                mSearchString = newText;
                //doFilterAsync(mSearchString);
                toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Test1", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return true;
            }

            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)
            {
                mSearchString = query;
                //doFilterAsync(mSearchString);
                toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Test2", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                return true;
            }
        };

        mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);
    }

    return true;

}

Freberg

Answer 1

You have to use Appcompat library for that. Which is used like below:

dashboard.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_search"
        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
        app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
        app:actionViewClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView"
        android:title="Search"/>
</menu>

Activity file (in Java):

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
    menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.dashboard, menu);

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

    SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) MainActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);

    SearchView searchView = null;
    if (searchItem != null) {
        searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
    }
    if (searchView != null) {
        searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(MainActivity.this.getComponentName()));
    }
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Activity file (in Kotlin):

override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
    menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu)

    val searchItem: MenuItem? = menu?.findItem(R.id.action_search)
    val searchManager = getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE) as SearchManager
    val searchView: SearchView? = searchItem?.actionView as SearchView

    searchView?.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(componentName))
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
}

manifest file:

<meta-data 
      android:name="android.app.default_searchable" 
      android:value="com.apkgetter.SearchResultsActivity" /> 

        <activity
            android:name="com.apkgetter.SearchResultsActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:launchMode="singleTop" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
            </intent-filter>
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            </intent-filter>

            <meta-data
                android:name="android.app.searchable"
                android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
        </activity>

searchable xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:hint="@string/search_hint"
    android:label="@string/app_name" />

And at last, your SearchResultsActivity class code. for showing result of your search.

Snowberry

Note that now you should import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView – Docket

Thanks, any idea as how to handle the "Go" click? it would help – Kenwrick

I will just link the official documentation where you can also find how to react to the query developer.android.com/training/search/setup.html – Danford

Note the app:actionViewClass instead of android:actionViewClass – Salivate

How can i return search result from SearchResultsActivity to MaiActivity? – Knorr

<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> - is redundant? Working without it. – Cosme

You should update your answer and add app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView" – Convoy

If you've migrated to androidX use: androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView – Binghi

Answer 2

If you would like to setup the search facility inside your Fragment, just add these few lines:

Step 1 - Add the search field to you toolbar:

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_search"
    android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
    app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
    app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
    android:title="Search"/>

Step 2 - Add the logic to your onCreateOptionsMenu()

import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView; // not the default !

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu( Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate( R.menu.main, menu);

    MenuItem myActionMenuItem = menu.findItem( R.id.action_search);
    searchView = (SearchView) myActionMenuItem.getActionView();
    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
            // Toast like print
            UserFeedback.show( "SearchOnQueryTextSubmit: " + query);
            if( ! searchView.isIconified()) {
                searchView.setIconified(true);
            }
            myActionMenuItem.collapseActionView();
            return false;
        }
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String s) {
            // UserFeedback.show( "SearchOnQueryTextChanged: " + s);
            return false;
        }
    });
    return true;
}

Ciel

This answer is far more helpful if you don't want to create/move to a new activity when a user has submitted the search query. This will allow you to stay on the same activity/fragment and just update a view based on the users input. Great stuff. – Poindexter

UserFeedback ... is my Toast-alike method. – Ciel

Keyboard input not taken in search view – Statis

What's R.menu.main? – Copulative

public void onCreateOptionsMenu(@NonNull Menu menu, @NonNull MenuInflater inflater) { } you can directly call this method here you can infilate own menu, and handle this directoly from from fragment without using activity. nice thanks – Lysander

Answer 3

If you want to add it directly in the toolbar.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/app_bar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <SearchView
            android:id="@+id/searchView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
            android:queryHint="Search"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

Brewmaster

If you are using the support SearchView, don't forget to declare it as android.support.v7.widget.SearchView in the XML, too. – Jamarjamb

don't forget to add in gradle implementation 'com.android.support:design:$latest_version' – Brewmaster

What is iconified? – Coordination

¨If you want the search field to always be visible, then call setIconifiedByDefault(false)¨ from the docs – Naldo

Answer 4

Integrating SearchView with RecyclerView

1) Add SearchView Item in Menu

SearchView can be added as actionView in menu using

app:useActionClass = "android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" .

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="rohksin.com.searchviewdemo.MainActivity">
<item
    android:id="@+id/searchBar"
    app:showAsAction="always"
    app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
    />
</menu>

2) Implement SearchView.OnQueryTextListener in your Activity

SearchView.OnQueryTextListener has two abstract methods. So your activity skeleton would now look like this after implementing SearchView text listener.

YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements SearchView.OnQueryTextListener{

   public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)

   public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) 

}

3) Set up SerchView Hint text, listener etc

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);

    MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.searchBar);

    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
    searchView.setQueryHint("Search People");
    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
    searchView.setIconified(false);

    return true;
}

4) Implement SearchView.OnQueryTextListener

This is how you can implement abstract methods of the listener.

@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {

    // This method can be used when a query is submitted eg. creating search history using SQLite DB

    Toast.makeText(this, "Query Inserted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {

    adapter.filter(newText);
    return true;
}

5) Write a filter method in your RecyclerView Adapter.

You can come up with your own logic based on your requirement. Here is the sample code snippet to show the list of Name which contains the text typed in the SearchView.

public void filter(String queryText)
{
    list.clear();

    if(queryText.isEmpty())
    {
        list.addAll(copyList);
    }
    else
    {

        for(String name: copyList)
        {
            if(name.toLowerCase().contains(queryText.toLowerCase()))
            {
                list.add(name);
            }
        }

    }

    notifyDataSetChanged();
}

Full working code sample can be found > HERE
You can also check out the code on SearchView with an SQLite database in this Music App

Piscatelli

Why is menu necessary? – Coordination

Answer 5

Implementing the SearchView without the use of the menu.xml file and open through button

In your Activity we need to use the method of the onCreateOptionsMenumethod in which we will programmatically inflate the SearchView

private MenuItem searchMenu;
private String mSearchString="";

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);

        SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) StoreActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);


        SearchView mSearchView = new SearchView(getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext());
        mSearchView.setQueryHint(getString(R.string.prompt_search)); /// YOUR HINT MESSAGE
        mSearchView.setMaxWidth(Integer.MAX_VALUE);

        searchMenu = menu.add("searchMenu").setVisible(false).setActionView(mSearchView);
        searchMenu.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);


        assert searchManager != null;
        mSearchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
        mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);

        SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
                mSearchString = newText;

                return true;
            }

            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
                mSearchString = query;

                searchMenu.collapseActionView();


                return true;
            }
        };

        mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);


        return true;
    }

And in your Activity class, you can open the SearchView on any button click on toolbar like below

YOUR_BUTTON.setOnClickListener(view -> {

            searchMenu.expandActionView();

        });

Jurdi

Answer 6

I search and implement so much code but that not worked for me . Then I implement custom toolbar into my XML file and then inside toolbar tag I use searchview tag. Hope it work for you.

Kephart

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