I am trying to create an action bar with search.
I am able to create the search bar. How I can get the text entered in the field to string? Is there any good code for action bar with search?
What I done is
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
Intent intent = getIntent();
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String search = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
You can use the search bar as like this.
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search)
.getActionView();
if (null != searchView) {
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager
.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
}
SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
// this is your adapter that will be filtered
return true;
}
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
//Here u can get the value "query" which is entered in the search box.
}
};
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}