Show android SearchView EditText by default

Question

I am using a SearchView in android. When I first land on the page, all that is visible is the search icon. Then when I click on the icon, the EditText appears. How do I get the EditText to be visible from the get go? Here is my xml:

<SearchView
        android:id="@+id/search"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:queryHint="@string/search_hint"
        android:textSize="16sp" />

pozuelog · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-07T19:02:34.390

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EDIT---

Oh sorry! I tought you wanted to do an 'empty' query. I think you can open SearchView programmatically using:

searchView.setIconified(false);

OLD ANSWER--

Inside an Activity you can try with:

onSearchRequested();

And inside a Fragment you can try with:

getActivity().onSearchRequested();

Good luck!

edited Jan 07 '14 at 19:02

answered Jan 07 '14 at 18:50

pozuelog

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thanks I came here to post my answer: `android:iconifiedByDefault="false"`. You got it first. Thanks. – user3093402 Jan 07 '14 at 19:09
do you know the answer to this follow up question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20981613/setting-iconified-to-false-on-android-searchview-cause-view-to-not-be-searchable – user3093402 Jan 07 '14 at 20:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '14 at 16:25

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From the official Android docs:

If you want the search field to always be visible, then call setIconifiedByDefault(false).

This does work for the compatibility android.support.v7.widget.SearchView as well.

answered Jun 03 '14 at 16:25

theblang

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '16 at 01:46

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You can try this:

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);
// Expand the search view
searchItem.expandActionView();

Thanks.

answered Oct 23 '16 at 01:46

user5071787

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 29 '20 at 10:07

You also have to set this property for click event

searchView.setIconified(false);
        searchCloseButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                searchEditText.setText("");
                ((SearchView) findViewById(R.id.search_view)).setIconified(false);
            }
        });

Show android SearchView EditText by default

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