How to dismiss/close/collapse SearchView in ActionBar in MainActivity?

Question

I\'m trying to clear and close SearchView after entering a value. I found a solution but it closes the search and won\'t perform any action if I try to search again.

Answer 1

In menu_main.xml add :

and in onCreateOptionsMenu

final  MenuItem miSearch = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) miSearch.getActionView();
    searchView.setQueryHint("Searh For");
    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(newSearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
            Toast.makeText(context,query, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            // Here Put Your Code.
            //searchView.onActionViewCollapsed();
            miSearch.collapseActionView();
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
            return false;
        }
    });