Android SearchView set Expanded by default

Question

I'm currently developing a simple apps using Android Studio with the minimum API Level 8, now i currently using android.support.v7.widget.SearchView in my LinearLayout in content_main.xml layout, not on ACTIONBAR, now the problem is, i'm not able to set the searchView as Expanded by default, i already look for solution and i only got this:

android:iconifiedByDefault="false"

here is my full code for my searchView

          <android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/searchView"
            android:background="#00000000"
            android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
            android:layout_weight="1" />

but no luck, it's not working. anyone could help me? any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Ok, so i solve the problem. to anyone who want to use support library for SearchView here's how you can customize it.

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
    android:id="@+id/searchView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:closeIcon="@drawable/ic_clear" // To set custom clear icon
    app:searchIcon="@drawable/ic_search" //To set custom search icon
    app:queryBackground="@color/transparent" // i decided to remove underline so i create a custom background for my searchView
    app:queryHint="@string/filterHint" //to set a custom Hint
    app:iconifiedByDefault="false" //And finally, to Expand it as default
/>

as i said, i'm afraid of overriding xml layout on runtime via java code, so to make it organize and no more overriding during the runtime, this is how i do it.

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Thanks for help!!!

Answer 2

I used the below code to expand the searchview and place the cursor at the same time:

final SearchView sv = new SearchView(((MainActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext());
        sv.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
        sv.setFocusable(true);
        sv.setIconified(false);
        sv.clearFocus();
        sv.requestFocusFromTouch();