SearchView not getting focus

android, searchview

Solution

use this is menu.xml

<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="your activity context here"><item
    android:id="@+id/mi_search"
    android:title="@string/search"
    android:orderInCategory="2"
    android:icon="@drawable/searchicon"
    app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
    app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />

and this code in `onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)`:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

    MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.mi_search);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);

    searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);

    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

in `onOptionsItemSelected()`:

case R.id.mi_search:
    onSearchRequested();
    break;

Problem

EDIT For anyone wondering, my problem was I was using `android.widget.SearchView` instead of `android.support.v7.widget.SearchView`. I hope this helps anyone else with the same problem! Original Post I'm trying to implement SearchView in the Android ActionBar as per the official guide: http://developer.android.com/training/search/setup.html After failing to find the problem, I finally stripped down to the most basic Hello World application and found to my surprise that the bug still persists in a minimal app! Here's the bug: The search icon appears in the menu bar, no problem. When I click it, the search bar expands (as expected) but there is no cursor and no soft keyboard appears. (I want to post a picture but my reputation is too low :( Here is the relevant code, although I literally just created a new Android Application and added the item to menu/menu_main.xml. MainActivity.java ``` @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu); return true; } ``` menu_main.xml ``` <item android:id="@+id/action_search" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search" android:title="@android:string/search_go" app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom" app:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" /> ```

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