How to make SearchView on Toolbar always expanded?

Question

I already define setIconified() and setIconifiedByDefault() to false but the SearchView menu item is not expanding by default. Here's how I implemented it:

View customTitle = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.toolbar_custom_title, null);
toolbar.inflateMenu(R.menu.menu_buddies);
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.abc_ic_ab_back_mtrl_am_alpha);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                finish();
            }
        });

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) toolbar.getMenu().findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
searchView.setQueryHint("Search Buddies");
searchView.setIconified(false);
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);

My menu_buddies:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:id="@+id/menu_search"
        xmlns:pawesome="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:title="@string/action_search"
        android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_search_api_mtrl_alpha"
        pawesome:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
        pawesome:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView" />

</menu>

Possible duplicate of [Expand and give focus to SearchView automatically](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11710042/expand-and-give-focus-to-searchview-automatically) — Sufian, Nov 09 '16 at 14:26

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '15 at 07:37

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You need to change the value of android:showAsAction to always. The SearchView's attribute android:iconifiedByDefault should be true.

answered Aug 19 '15 at 07:37

dieter_h

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this works, but how can i disable the collapsing of my searchview? – Earwin delos Santos Aug 19 '15 at 07:40
Collapse it with: `searchView.setIconified(true);` – dieter_h Aug 19 '15 at 07:49
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searchview is still collapsing. i want it to be always expanded @dieter_h – Earwin delos Santos Aug 19 '15 at 08:14
searchView.setIconified(false); use this line for always expand. – Al-Amin Jan 25 '19 at 09:58

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 01 '15 at 13:38

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Have you solved this yet? Remove:

searchView.setIconified(false);

and keep only this line:

searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);

As well as showAsAction="always" in menu-xml.

This works for me, the searchview is expanded and can not be collapsed by any means.

answered Dec 01 '15 at 13:38

Gober

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Pressing the back button while the searchView is focused seems to close the searchview. – Chris Dec 11 '15 at 23:06
by this searchview not taking focus. – RobinHood Jan 26 '16 at 11:30

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 11:37

None of the above answers worked for me.

Use this

SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) mActivity.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
                SearchView searchView = new SearchView(mActivity.actionBar.getThemedContext());
                searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(mActivity.getComponentName()));
                searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
                searchView.setQueryHint("search");
                menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).setActionView(searchView);

How to make SearchView on Toolbar always expanded?

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