How to make the Action Bar SearchView fill Entire action bar?

Question

I was trying to create an action bar search in my application, but in the expanded state the SearchView is not taking the entire action bar width( it is still showing other actions)!

So, how to make the SearchView fill the full ActionBar Area (as in GMAIL app)?

Answer 1

None of the above solutions worked for me. Setting the MaxWidth of the SearchView worked for me:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView)menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
    searchView.setMaxWidth(Integer.MAX_VALUE);

Answer 2

Got it

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_swipe_tabbed, menu);

    MenuItem searchViewItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchViewItem.getActionView();
    searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
    ActionBar.LayoutParams params = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
    searchView.setLayoutParams(params);
    searchViewItem.expandActionView();
    return true;
}


<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        tools:context=".MySwipeTabbedActivity" >
    <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
            android:title="Search"
            android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
            android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
            android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
            />
    <item android:id="@+id/action_share"
            android:title="Share"
            android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_share"
            android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
    <item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
            android:title="Settings"
            android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences"
            android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

[Optional] Avoid the searchView from collapsing:

    searchViewItem.setOnActionExpandListener(new MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
            return false; //never collapse
        }
    });