Android 3.0 Action bar Search View

Question

In 3.0 tablet gmail app, when I click on the search button(on the action bar), it moves to the right and takes the whole action bar. How can I do this? Only way I can think is that by hiding all the other custom action bar fields when the search button is clicked. Is there an easier way? Thanks.

Answer 1

You have to add an Action View. You can control which elements of your action bar are automatically "hidden" when there is no place for them declaring android:showAsAction="ifRoom" in your menu layout and force the ones that you always want to display using android:showAsAction="always".

Check the action bar documentation for some samples.