How to add a SearchWidget to the ActionBar?

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I'm trying to add a Search-ActionView to my application (as explained here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/search-dialog.html#UsingSearchWidget). Unfortunately I keep getting a NullPointerException and I'm having a hard time detecting what's actually going wrong. I created a searchable config and a searchable activity as shown on the android page. My menu .xml file looks like this: ``` ... ``` This is the method where the Exception is thrown: ``` public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu( Menu menu ) { MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater(); menuInflater.inflate( R.menu.action_bar, menu ); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); Sear…

Accepted Answer

use this way as in link

```
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.action_bar, menu);
        MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_search);
        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
        if(null!=searchManager ) {   
         searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
        }
        searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);

return true;
    }
```

How to add a SearchWidget to the ActionBar?

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