Android Searchable Configuration not getting attached to SearchView

Question

I'm currently working on adding search ability to my app but I'm facing some problems. First of all I'd just like to clear out that I don't want to create a search activity, I just want to use the Action Bar SearchView and press on suggestions to perform the search.

I've created a SearchView which expands correctly although it doesn't seem like it can attach to my Searchable Configuration xml object. I added this line of code:

android:voiceSearchMode="showVoiceSearchButton|launchRecognizer"

Yet my SearchView doesn't seem to be affected by it. The same goes for this line of code:

android:hint="Search my stuff"

Again, no effect.

Here's my activity in my AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity
    android:name="com.simon.holocountownapp.ItemListActivity"
    android:label="Holo Countdown" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
    </intent-filter>
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
    </intent-filter>

     <meta-data
        android:name="android.app.searchable"
        android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
</activity>

Here's my setup of the SearchView in my onCreateOptionsMenu():

searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.abSearch)
            .getActionView();

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager
            .getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));

searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
searchView.setQueryRefinementEnabled(true);

So to summarise things: The tags used to my searchable.xml doesn't seem to attach to my SearchView, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I hope you can help me :)

I was not setting the searchable info in onCreateOptionsMenu(). After doing this, the voice search button appeared, but the hint text still doesn't come. — Yash, Jan 20 '16 at 06:30
Got hint working also, You have to replace the constant string in "hint" attribute with a string resource. This is nonsense actually, but got it working after that. Source : http://stackoverflow.com/a/5163168/1594776 — Yash, Jan 20 '16 at 07:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '13 at 16:23

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You need to add the android.intent.action.SEARCH intent filter as well. See the code here for reference.

 <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
  </intent-filter>

answered Feb 16 '13 at 16:23

Akash

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I added that but it's still not working. My original post has been updated. – SweSnow Feb 16 '13 at 16:34
Is the `onCreateOptionsMenu()` that you posted of the `com.simon.holocountownapp.ItemListActivity` Activity. `getComponentName()` will return the name of the current Activity. It should be the name of the activity which has the android.intent.action.SEARCH intent filter. – Akash Feb 16 '13 at 18:44
Yes it is, I double checked just now – SweSnow Feb 16 '13 at 19:46
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@Akash: The tutorials have the searchable activity as a separate one from the main activity, but the activity where the SearchView is displayed (the main activity, in my case) is where the `metadata` is supposed to go. How would I go about getting the component name of the searchable activity from the main one? – RobH Jul 16 '14 at 02:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '13 at 23:51

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I think you also need a <meta-data> element as a child of the <application> element

<application>
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
            android:value="com.simon.holocountownapp.ItemListActivity" >
        </meta-data>
</application>

I don't recall if this is documented. I think I found it in one of the sample applications.

answered Feb 16 '13 at 23:51

Dan

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You only need it as a child of if you want every single one of your activities to show the SearchView. – IgorGanapolsky Sep 12 '13 at 20:54

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 24 '21 at 22:20

I had the same problem, seems that I was missing the default searchable meta-data tag in the manifest.

Add this where you declare the Activity that sends the search to the searchable Activity:

<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
            android:value=".SearchableActivity" />

Your manifest should look like this:

<application ... >
<!-- this is the searchable activity; it performs searches -->
<activity android:name=".SearchableActivity" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
    </intent-filter>
    <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
               android:resource="@xml/searchable"/>
</activity>

<!-- this activity enables the search dialog to initiate searches
     in the SearchableActivity -->
<activity android:name=".OtherActivity" ... >
    <!-- enable the search dialog to send searches to SearchableActivity -->
    <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
               android:value=".SearchableActivity" />
</activity>
...

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Android Searchable Configuration not getting attached to SearchView

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