How to implement search widget in Action Bar Sherlock?

Question

I tried to get Search box to work on Action Bar Sherlock.

This is my PreLocationActivity:

    @ContentView(R.layout.search)
    public class PreLocationActivity extends RoboSherlockActivity {

        protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            //setContentView(R.layout.map_layout);
        } 

        @Override
        public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
            //Used to put dark icons on light action bar
             menu.add("Search")
             .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_search_inverse)
             .setActionView(R.layout.collapsible_edittext)
             .setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
                return true;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onSearchRequested() {
            return super.onSearchRequested();
        }
    }

This is my SearchableActivity:

@ContentView(R.layout.search)
public class SearchableActivity extends RoboSherlockFragmentActivity {

    @InjectView(R.id.addressListView) ListView addressView;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Get the intent, verify the action and get the query
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
          String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
          doGeoSearch(query);
        }
}

    public void doGeoSearch(String query){
        Geocoder geocoder;
        ArrayList<Address> addresses;
        ArrayList<String> address = new ArrayList<String>() ;
        geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
        try {
            addresses = (ArrayList<Address>) geocoder.getFromLocationName(query, 6);
            Log.d("Address",String.valueOf(addresses));
            for(int i = 0;i<addresses.size();i++)
            {
            String addr = new String();
            addr.concat(addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(0));
            addr.concat(addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(1));
            addr = addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(0) + addresses.get(i).getLocality() + addresses.get(i).getAdminArea();
            //addr.concat(addresses.get(i).getAddressLine(2));
            Log.d("addr",addr);
            address.add(addr);

            }

            SearchAddressAdapater addressList = new SearchAddressAdapater(getApplicationContext(),R.layout.search_list,addresses, SearchableActivity.this);
            addressView.setAdapter(addressList);
            //ListView addressListView = new ListView();
        } catch (IOException e) {
                //Handle exception
        }
    }

No success at all. As in, when I type something on the Prelocation Activity and press enter, nothing is being searched. Do I have to treat it as an EditText and write a text listener for that which then calls the geoCoder and gets me the locations or is there a smarter way to go about it?

Answer 1

Android Support Library(v4 + v7):

Support Library v7: http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html#v7-appcompat

Google now supports the ActionBar compatibility back to Android 2.1(API 7).

It is easy to make the transition because the method names are the same and/or very similar.

Add the Support Library with Resources: http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res

Your Manifest: AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-sdk
  android:minSdkVersion="7"
  android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

Your Menu: menu.xml

<item
    android:id="@+id/menu_search"
    android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
    android:title="Search"/>

---

ActionBarSherlock [deprecated, use appcompat]:

Here is how to use the standard SearchView and SearchManager in Android with ActionBarSherlock! I am using this code and works fine. I have tested this on Android 2.3(API 10) - Android 4.3(API 18).

Great Tutorial and Documentation:

http://developer.samsung.com/android/technical-docs/UI-unification-with-older-Android-versions-using-ActionBarSherlock

Keep in mind:

Custom Search with ActionBarSherlock(min. API 7)

SearchView with ActionBarSherlock(min. API 8)

Your Menu: menu.xml

<item
    android:id="@+id/menu_search"
    android:actionViewClass="com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
    android:title="Search"/>

---

For Both:

Your Activity: MainActivity.java

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) 
{
        getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);

        SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
        if (null != searchView )
        {
            searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
            searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);   
        }

        SearchView.OnQueryTextListener queryTextListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() 
        {
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) 
            {
                // this is your adapter that will be filtered
                adapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
                return true;
            }

            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) 
            {
                // this is your adapter that will be filtered
                adapter.getFilter().filter(query);
                return true;
            }
        };
        searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(queryTextListener);
        
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

Let me know if this works for you as well and let me know if you need anymore help!