how to insert search view in toolbar?

Question

A few lines of the logcat

11-26 01:14:04.752 16902-16902/com.androidbelieve.drawerwithswipetabs W/dalvikvm: VFY: unable to resolve         virtual method 3268: Landroid/support/v4/app/Fragment;.performOptionsMenuClosed     (Landroid/view/Menu;)V
11-26 01:14:04.752 16902-16902/com.androidbelieve.drawerwithswipetabs D/dalvikvm: VFY: replacing opcode 0x6f at 0x04ac
11-26 01:14:07.315 16902-16902/com.androidbelieve.drawerwithswipetabs D/AbsListView: onDetachedFromWindow
11-26 01:14:08.896 16902-16902/com.androidbelieve.drawerwithswipetabs I/AppCompatViewInflater: app:theme is now deprecated. Please move to using android:theme instead.
11-26 01:14:08.936 16902-16902/com.androidbelieve.drawerwithswipetabs D/AbsListView: Get MotionRecognitionManager
11-26 01:14:08.936 16902-16902/com.androidbelieve.drawerwithswipetabs I/AppCompatViewInflater: app:theme is now deprecated. Please move to using android:theme instead.

2-Screenshot of the app on my phone.

Answer 1

XML

I - Create a searchable configuration in a searchable.xml saved in res/xml directory.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
    android:label="@string/app_label"
    android:hint="@string/search_hint" >
</searchable>

II - Declare your searchable activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

<activity android:name=".SearchActivity">  
   <intent-filter>
       <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
   </intent-filter>
   <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
              android:resource="@xml/searchable"/>
</activity>

III- Declare your SearchView inside any layout.xml

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView  
   android:id="@+id/search"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

STYLING

I. Declare custom styles in your styles.xml file.

<style name="SearchViewTheme" >  
   <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/amber500</item>
   <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/green500</item>
</style>

II. Apply this style

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView  
    android:id="@+id/search"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:searchIcon="@drawable/ic_library"
    app:theme="@style/SearchViewTheme"/>

JAVA

I- Setting up the SearchView in the OnCreate method

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.search);  
// Sets searchable configuration defined in searchable.xml for this SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =  
    (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())); 

II- Receiving search query

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.search);  
// Sets searchable configuration defined in searchable.xml for this SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =  
    (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())); 

III- Listening to the user inputs (getting inputs)

searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {  
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
    searchFor(query);
    return true;
    }

@Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
    filterSearchFor(query);
    return true;
   }
});