How to completely collapse a SearchView after an item selected?

Question

I\'ve been struggling with this for weeks.. I have a global search that offers up a custom listview with suggestions as a user types. When a user selects an option, I want the s

Answer 1

If you're using Toolbar (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) and the corresponding SearchView (android.support.v7.widget.SearchView) with it, this works:

    searchView.setQuery("", false);
    searchView.clearFocus();
    searchView.setIconified(true);