SearchView losing focus on the TextField

Question

So i have this SearchView inside a sliding drawer menu. The problem is when i tap the SearchView for the first time, it wont let me type anything, i need to tap on it again the second time before it works. This is the first time i encountered this problem hope anyone will help me. Thanks.

First Tap (not working!):

Second Tap (working) :

And here are my codes :

SearchView search = null;

search = (SearchView) view.findViewById(R.id.searchView1);
search.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
search.setQueryHint("Search Picklrs");
search.setQueryHint(Html.fromHtml("<font color = #b3b3b3>" + "Search Picklrs" + "</font>"));
int id = search.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null);

search.setOnQueryTextListener(new OnQueryTextListener() {

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {

            Intent i = new Intent(context, SearchResultsActivity.class);
            i.putExtra("STRING_I_NEED", query);
            context.startActivity(i);

            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {return false;}
    });

Answer 1

Try this..

Use search.setFocusable(true); for that SearchView

search = (SearchView) view.findViewById(R.id.searchView1);
search.setFocusable(true);
search.performClick();
search.requestFocus();
search.setIconified(true);