Search activity not being launched when pressing enter

Question

Search activity not being launched when pressing enter.The search view is shown nicely on the action bar. But when i type the search query and press enter

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.punit.rateit"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="11"
    android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

    >
    <activity
        android:name="com.punit.rateit.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >

        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <activity android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"
              android:name=".SearchPageActivity">
          <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" /> 
      <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.SearchPage" />
      </intent-filter>
    </activity>

   <activity android:name="com.punit.rateit.SearchResultsActivity"   android:launchMode="singleTop" >
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
     <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
               android:resource="@xml/searchable"/>
    </intent-filter>
   </activity>       

    </application>

 </manifest>

Here is the Menu.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:com.punit.rateit="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="@+id/search"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_search"
      android:title="@string/action_search"
      com.punit.rateit:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
       com.punit.rateit:showAsAction="ifRoom"

       />

   </menu>

The activity which shows action bar.

     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

     MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu,menu);
     SearchManager searchManager =
             (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);

      SearchView searchView =
              (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();

      searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
      searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
      searchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled (true); 
     return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
 }

The SearchResult activity which should be the activity called when search submit button is pressed

public class SearchResultsActivity extends Activity {


@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    Log.d("search", "search triggered");
    setContentView(R.layout.searchpage);

    handleIntent(getIntent());
}
@Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
    Log.d("search", "search triggered");
    setIntent(intent);
    handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent)
{
     if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
            String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
            Log.d("search", query);
}
  }

 @Override
 public boolean onSearchRequested() {

     Log.d("search", "search triggered");

     return false;  // don't go ahead and show the search box
 }

Answer 1

Solved the problem. The tag was needed to be for application .Removing it from activity and putting it under application did the trick.

Here is the latest application tag in manifest.xml

   <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    >
    <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value=".SearchResultsActivity"/>
    <activity
        android:name="com.punit.rateit.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"           
            android:value="com.punit.rateit.SearchResultsActivity" /> 
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>