Searchable activity being called twice

I'm trying to create my first Android app and in the process of adding to it SEARCH functionality. I've followed the Android Developer documentation to add both the Search dialog and widget. Unfortunately, whenever I perform a search, the "onCreate" AND the "onNewIntent" of the search Activity are called. That is, by typing something in the Action Bar Search box and hitting ENTER, the search is called TWICE. I'm stuck. Is some global flag supposed to be returned from the Searchable activity notifying the app that the search has been completed? Are BOTH the Search dialog AND widget being called? I've searched previous posts on this site and on the web to no avail. Thank you for any help. AndroidManifest.xml ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.shop" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <service android:name="com.shop.RestIntentService" /> <activity android:name="com.shop.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> <activity android:name="com.shop.CatalogActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > </activity> <activity android:name="com.shop.SearchableActivity" android:launchMode="singleTop" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /> </intent-filter> <!-- <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> </intent-filter> --> <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" android:resource="@xml/searchable" /> </activity> <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value="com.shop.SearchableActivity" /> </application> </manifest> ``` SearchableActivity.java ``` public class SearchableActivity extends ListActivity implements Receiver { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); System.out.println("onCreate"); handleIntent(getIntent()); } @Override public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) { super.onNewIntent(intent); System.out.println("onNewIntent"); setIntent(intent); handleIntent(intent); } private void handleIntent(Intent intent) { if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) { String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY); doSearch(query); } } private void doSearch(String queryStr) { System.out.println("searching..." + queryStr); } ``` CatalogActivity.java ``` @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.sample, menu); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView(); searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager .getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())); //return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); return true; } ``` sample.xml ``` <item android:id="@+id/menu_search" android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search" android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView" android:title="@string/menu_search"/> ```