How to handle hardware search button android?

Question

I am new to android, I have a small doubt regarding how to handle the hardware Keyboard and if I click the search button in any part of my application it should be handled means I need to pass the intent of search activity?

How I can reach this goal.

Answer 1

Try this,

  @Override
 public boolean onSearchRequested() {
     // your stuff here
     return false; 
 }

Answer 2

It will also trigger onKeyDown with a keyCode of KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SEARCH before calling onSearchRequested as stated above