searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()) returns null

Question

I\'ve followed this Android guide in order to add a search bar to an activity. The setup looks like this:

res/menu/activity_main.xml:

Answer 1

Add it to the activity where you've put your SearchView

<meta-data
    android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
    android:value=".activity_that_handles_the_search" />

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>

Answer 2

Replace:

android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"

With:

app:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"

Because app is often used if you are using support library.

Answer 3

In my case the problem was my mistake during integration with ActionBarSherlock. In this case android:actionViewClass should be com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView instead of android.widget.SearchView. I know this sounds dumb, but I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why searchView is null in my code that is similar to yours.