Toolbar menu item programmatic click

Question

I have this code

toolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new Toolbar.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
        openSearch();
        return true;
    }
});

into onCreate( ) of my Activity.

OpenSearch function call opens up google now like search view. This only happens when the user clicks on the search action item in the toolbar. In my case I want the search view to open up automatically when the activity starts. How can this menu item click be done programmatically.

I can't call openSearch directly because it needs the menu to be created.

Is there there any callbacks informing that action menus have been created ?

Override `Activity#onPrepareOptionsMenu()` - it's called when menu is initialized — Dmitry Zaytsev, Jul 02 '15 at 12:33
I am not sure about onPrepareOptionsMenu(), but you can add `GlobalLayoutListener` for your tollbar layout and override `onGlobalLayout()`. — Karthik, Jul 02 '15 at 12:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 12:49

You can try something like this :

 tollbarLayout.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
        new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {

            @Override
            public void onGlobalLayout() {
                     tollbarLayout.getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(this);
                     tollbar.performclick();
                }

            }
        });

Toolbar menu item programmatic click

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