You have to use Appcompat library for that. Which is used like below:
dashboard.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> <item android:id="@+id/action_search" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search" app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView" app:actionViewClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView" android:title="Search"/>
</menu>
Activity file (in Java):
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater(); menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.dashboard, menu); MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) MainActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); SearchView searchView = null; if (searchItem != null) { searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView(); } if (searchView != null) { searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(MainActivity.this.getComponentName())); } return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Activity file (in Kotlin):
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean { menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu) val searchItem: MenuItem? = menu?.findItem(R.id.action_search) val searchManager = getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE) as SearchManager val searchView: SearchView? = searchItem?.actionView as SearchView searchView?.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(componentName)) return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
}
manifest file:
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value="com.apkgetter.SearchResultsActivity" /> <activity android:name="com.apkgetter.SearchResultsActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" android:launchMode="singleTop" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /> </intent-filter> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> </intent-filter> <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" android:resource="@xml/searchable" /> </activity>
searchable xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:hint="@string/search_hint" android:label="@string/app_name" />
And at last, your SearchResultsActivity class code. for showing result of your search.