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How can I programatically hide or suppress the search suggestions list?

How can I programatically hide the list of suggestions that pops up up below the SearchView?

There are times when I'd like the SearchView to not be inconified and to not have focus. I can do this both using the setIconified(false) and the clearFocus() methods respectively, but if the SearchView has any text in it, it will display the list of a search suggestions and I need to hide/suppress that.

Solution

  • Try to set an OnQueryTextListener to your search view, and return true on onQueryTextChange when you don't want any suggestions to show up.