How to close a SearchView programmatically on back pressed?

Question

I have the same question which I found here which I will re-iterate because the solution is not 100% exactly what I need:

I currently have a SearchVie

Answer 1

Add a method to close the keyboard within onBackPressed() here is the code to hide keyboard.

private void hideKeyboard() {
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) 
    getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(mInputField.getWindowToken(), 0);
}