Reputation: 45108
I have a SearchView
in my action-bar. When the user searches, I invoke my AsyncTask
to begin fetching the data but after the data is retuned, the SearchView
collapses.
Here's my code that creates the search widget:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.search, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
if (this.objAdapter == null) {
searchView.setIconified(false);
searchView.requestFocusFromTouch();
}
return true;
}
I'd to prevent the user from collapsing the SearchView
. I'd the search string to be visible at all times.
How can I do this?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 2543
Reputation: 12659
On SearchView instance you need to call:
searchView.setIconified(false)
searchView.setOnCloseListener(new SearchView.OnCloseListener() {
@Override
public boolean onClose() {
return true; //returning true will stop search view from being collapsed
}
})
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 157
Set the iconifiedByDefault
attribute to false
.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SearchView.html
Upvotes: -1
Reputation: 3617
Use search view example.
For your case, use Action Flag- SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT
Hope it helps!
Upvotes: 4