Disable the search button in Android

Question

I have a dialog in an Android app that I don\'t want the user to be able to cancel. Using .setCancelable(false) disables the back button, but pressing the sear

Answer 1

 public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if(event.ACTION_DOWN==KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SEARCH)
        return false;
    else
    return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}

Answer 2

I disable search button by overriding progress dialog. I create unnamed class and override method onSearchRequest() . And this is working for me. I use this:

progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(Activity.this){

                @Override
                public boolean onSearchRequested() {
                    return true;
                }           


            };

instead code:

progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(Activity.this);

Answer 3

You simply need to listen for search button presses and do nothing when they are hit.

public boolean onKeyDown(int keycode, KeyEvent e) {
            switch(keycode) {
                case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SEARCH:
                    return true;
                    break;
            }

            return super.onKeyDown(keycode, e);
        }

If this doesn't work for your Activity class then you'll probably need to create a subclass of Dialog and implement the onKeyDown method for your dialog class.

Answer 4

@Benh You need this code to set for your Key Listener for Dialog

   builder.setOnKeyListener(keylistener);

Add Below code in your Activity Class

  OnKeyListener keylistener=new DialogInterface.OnKeyListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onKey(DialogInterface dialog, int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SEARCH && event.getRepeatCount() == 0) {
            return true; //we stop begin cancel of dialog or Progressbar
        }
        return false; 
    }
}; 

try this above thing in your dialog hope that will work for you.