How to disable searchview?

Question

Can you help me on how to disable searchview when button is pressed? I'm trying this code:

searchView.setEnabled(false);
                searchView.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
                searchView.clearFocus();

but it seems not working. I can still input text in searchview.

Thanks.. :))

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '16 at 09:17

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All above questions don't work for me. Becase SearchView is a ViewGroup, so we have to disable all its child views.

private void enableSearchView(View view, boolean enabled) {
    view.setEnabled(enabled);
    if (view instanceof ViewGroup) {
        ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) view;
        for (int i = 0; i < viewGroup.getChildCount(); i++) {
            View child = viewGroup.getChildAt(i);
            enableSearchView(child, enabled);
        }
    }
}

In other place, call this:

enableSearchView(searchView, true/false);

answered Sep 09 '16 at 09:17

Cuong Nguyen

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IMO the best solution – yaroslav Jun 08 '18 at 12:36
Worked for me. Smart approach. – androidStud Mar 17 '20 at 05:01
best answer. here is the same implementation in a kotlin extension: `fun View.setEnabledAllChilds(enabled: Boolean) { isEnabled = false if (this is ViewGroup) { this.forEachChild { it.setEnabledAllChilds(enabled) } } }` – Raphael C May 19 '20 at 07:36

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '13 at 12:58

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You can use:

searchView.clearFocus();

and if you want to hide it using:

searchView.setVisibility(View.GONE);

answered Dec 28 '13 at 12:58

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 31 '14 at 10:07

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Try the following:

searchview.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_NULL);

edited Jul 31 '14 at 10:07

keyser

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answered Jul 31 '14 at 09:13

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited May 29 '18 at 17:08

SearchView isn't the actual EditText you type into, but rather is a LinearLayout which holds a bunch of views, including the EditText.

To get the view you actually want for disabling it:

EditText searchViewEditText = (EditText) searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_src_text);

Note, this only works if you're using support v7 SearchView, since the particular resource id is internal if you use the framework SearchView.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 06 '17 at 18:34

searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_button).setEnabled(false);

But you must check it for null and hide searchView:

ImageView searchBtn = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_button);
if (searchBtn != null) searchBtn.setEnabled(false);
searchView.setVisibility(View.GONE);

I think this will work

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 23:18

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Did you try

searchView.setVisibility(View.GONE); ?

answered Dec 09 '13 at 23:18

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Actually, I try that one.. But i want to disable the searchview (grey out) where the user cannot input a text. – Theresa Gamit Dec 10 '13 at 02:03

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 08 '16 at 10:13

This worked for me

ImageView searchIcon = (ImageView)searchView.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_button);
    searchIcon.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
           // Don't perform any action.
        }
    });

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited May 29 '18 at 17:59

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Try below code:

searchView.setIconified(true);

edited May 29 '18 at 17:59

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answered Feb 28 '17 at 06:09

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if you are using android.support.v7.widget.SearchView, to close searchview first call of setIconified, text is cleared, second call of setIconified, keyboard and search view get closed. – Kishan Gohel Feb 28 '17 at 06:57
Edit your answer and add any description to it so that it will help others to understand the reason why it will work. – VPK Feb 28 '17 at 06:59

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 12:25

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searchView.setOnQueryTextFocusChangeListener( new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
                if(hasFocus && !v.isEnabled()) v.clearFocus();
            }
        }

answered Mar 06 '18 at 12:25

Navon Developer

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Although this might answer the question, it is always good to describe why/how the answer will provide a solution to the problem. – Reg Mar 06 '18 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 12 '21 at 04:31

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val searchEditText: EditText =
        searchView.findViewById(androidx.appcompat.R.id.search_src_text)
    searchEditText.isEnabled=false

This will work

answered Nov 12 '21 at 04:31

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Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu · Answer 11 · 2013-12-11T12:18:50.437

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If you want to clear it (SearchView), do:

searchView.clearFocus();

and if you want to hide it temporarily, do:

searchView.setVisibility(View.GONE);

edited Dec 11 '13 at 12:18

answered Dec 09 '13 at 23:28

Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu

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Hi, I want in my searchview to be disable(it looks grey out) when the user pressed the button. – Theresa Gamit Dec 10 '13 at 02:04
Am not sure there is a method to do that directly, but you can try something like using an if statement where you call: searchView.setVisibility(View.GONE); if a button is pressed. – Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu Dec 11 '13 at 12:09
Actually. that's the one I try first. But thanks for comment. – Theresa Gamit Dec 15 '13 at 00:46

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