I have a search view and I have a query hint attribute. However the hint appears only after clicking on the search view. Is there a way to make it appear before it has been clicked?
<SearchView
android:id="@+id/searchView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView4"
android:layout_marginBottom="14dp"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:queryHint="Search" />
I have seen another SO question with a similar query, but it wasn't solved. That's why I am asking again.
You can add these below lines:
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.searchView);
searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
searchView.setIconified(true);
and add this to hiding focus (Keyboard)
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
search.clearFocus();
}
}, 300);
Use this XML:
android:queryHint="hint"
app:queryHint="hint"
app:defaultQueryHint="hint"
android:iconifiedByDefault="false" // this line
app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
app used for {android.support.v7.widget.SearchView}
You can just add android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
it just displays the query hint string by default
make setIconified(false)-that works for me
that works,but when it is unclicked,again hint disappears
This worked for me:
searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable()
{
@Override
public void run() {
searchView.clearFocus();
}
}, 300);
Also, don't forget to add these to manifest.xml:
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
This is a complete XML, You can try this.
<androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView
android:id="@+id/searchview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
app:queryHint="@string/search"
app:searchIcon="@drawable/ic_action_search"/>
Try this:
SearchView searchView = new SearchView(getSherlockActivity().getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext());
searchView.setQueryHint("Search for countries…");
searchView.setIconified(false);
menu.add("Search")
.setIcon(R.drawable.abs__ic_search)
.setActionView(searchView)
.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);
In xml, You can use this
android:queryHint="Search"