Custom SearchView whole clickable in android

Question

I have a SearchView widget in my app, and I want to ask some questions about making it custom. First of all, you can start search only by clicking on search ico

Answer 1

Another simple way to do it by setting onActionViewExpanded().

searchView = (SearchView)findViewById(R.id.searchView);
searchView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
    }
});