How to implement search widget in Action Bar Sherlock?

Question

I tried to get Search box to work on Action Bar Sherlock.

This is my PreLocationActivity:

    @ContentView(R.layout.search)     public class PreLocationActivity extends RoboSherlockActivity {          protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {             super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);             //setContentView(R.layout.map_layout);         }           @Override         public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {             //Used to put dark icons on light action bar              menu.add("Search")              .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_search_inverse)              .setActionView(R.layout.collapsible_edittext)              .setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);                 return true;         }          @Override         public boolean onSearchRequested() {             return super.onSearchRequested();         }     } 

This is my SearchableActivity:

@ContentView(R.layout.search) public class SearchableActivity extends RoboSherlockFragmentActivity {      @InjectView(R.id.addressListView) ListView addressView;     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);          // Get the intent, verify the action and get the query         Intent intent = getIntent();         if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {           String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);           doGeoSearch(query);         } }      public void doGeoSearch(String query){         Geocoder geocoder;         ArrayList<Address> addresses;         ArrayList<String> address = new ArrayList<String>() ;         geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());         try {             addresses = (ArrayList<Address>) geocoder.getFromLocationName(query, 6);             Log.d("Address",String.valueOf(addresses));             for(int i = 0;i<addresses.size();i++)             {             String addr = new String();             addr.concat(addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(0));             addr.concat(addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(1));             addr = addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(0) + addresses.get(i).getLocality() + addresses.get(i).getAdminArea();             //addr.concat(addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(2));             Log.d("addr",addr);             address.add(addr);              }              SearchAddressAdapater addressList = new SearchAddressAdapater(getApplicationContext(),R.layout.search_list,addresses, SearchableActivity.this);             addressView.setAdapter(addressList);             //ListView addressListView = new ListView();         } catch (IOException e) {                 //Handle exception         }     } 

No success at all. As in, when I type something on the Prelocation Activity and press enter, nothing is being searched. Do I have to treat it as an EditText and write a text listener for that which then calls the geoCoder and gets me the locations or is there a smarter way to go about it?

Answer 1

Android Support Library(v4 + v7):

Support Library v7: http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html#v7-appcompat

Google now supports the ActionBar compatibility back to Android 2.1(API 7).

It is easy to make the transition because the method names are the same and/or very similar.

Add the Support Library with Resources: http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res

Your Manifest: AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-sdk   android:minSdkVersion="7"   android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> 

Your Menu: menu.xml

<item     android:id="@+id/menu_search"     android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"     android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"     android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"     android:title="Search"/> 

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ActionBarSherlock [deprecated, use appcompat]:

Here is how to use the standard SearchView and SearchManager in Android with ActionBarSherlock! I am using this code and works fine. I have tested this on Android 2.3(API 10) - Android 4.3(API 18).

Great Tutorial and Documentation:

http://developer.samsung.com/android/technical-docs/UI-unification-with-older-Android-versions-using-ActionBarSherlock

Keep in mind:

Custom Search with ActionBarSherlock(min. API 7)

SearchView with ActionBarSherlock(min. API 8)

Your Menu: menu.xml

<item     android:id="@+id/menu_search"     android:actionViewClass="com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView"     android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"     android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"     android:title="Search"/> 

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For Both:

Your Activity: MainActivity.java

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)  {         getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, 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                 adapter.getFilter().filter(newText);                 return true;             }              public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)              {                 // this is your adapter that will be filtered                 adapter.getFilter().filter(query);                 return true;             }         };         searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);                  return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);     } 

Let me know if this works for you as well and let me know if you need anymore help!