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

An interesting answer!

 @Override
    public void onBackPressed() {
      if (!searchView.isIconified()) {
        searchView.setIconified(true);
        searchView.setIconified(true);
      } else {
        super.onBackPressed();
      }
    }

Answer 2

Instead of hide soft keyboard manually, try clearFocus() method

mSearchView.setIconified(true);
mSearchView.clearFocus();