ActionBar always expanded SearchView with the icon inside

Question

I have an ActionBar with a SearchView.

I want the search view to always be \"open\" (expanded). Doing that is possible using

mSearchView.setIconifie         


        

Answer 1

I was able to solve this issue by changing my XML from

<item android:id="@+id/search"
android:icon="@drawable/my_icon"
app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />

to

<item android:id="@+id/search"
android:icon="@drawable/my_icon"
app:showAsAction="always"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />

Answer 2

You can just intercept OnClose event:

searchView.setOnCloseListener(new SearchView.OnCloseListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onClose() {
        return true;
    }
});

Answer 3

Always show/expand search box on an action bar

Its a 2 steps solution,

1.public void onCreateOptionsMenu(M... ... searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); }

2. In the menu xml file, make sure android:showAsAction="always" is set

<item    
        android:id="@+id/grid_default_search"
        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
        android:title="search"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
    />