I have a SearchView
inside my ActionBar
, and I want to use the entire ActionBar
when the search icon is pressed, but I can only use the ActionBar
free space
my menu code:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="br.com.moderna.houaiss.activity.SearchActivity" >
<item
android:id="@+id/search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_search_white_48dp"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|always"
android:title="@string/search"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/backWardHistory"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_arrow_back_white_48dp"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="@string/back_history"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/forWardHistory"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_arrow_forward_white_48dp"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="@string/forward_history"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/action_home"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="@string/action_home"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/action_about"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="@string/action_about"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/action_configuration"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="@string/action_configuration"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/action_logout"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="@string/action_logout"/>
I had tryed android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
, but I need them to be always on my ActionBar
, and not inside my menu.
EDIT ------
Thanks to @Simas,
I used setOnActionExpandListener method to achieve this effect
final MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
searchItem.setOnActionExpandListener(new OnActionExpandListener() {
@Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(final MenuItem item) {
SearchActivity.this.setItemsVisibility(menu, searchItem, false);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(final MenuItem item) {
SearchActivity.this.setItemsVisibility(menu, searchItem, true);
return true;
}
});
private void setItemsVisibility(final Menu menu, final MenuItem exception,
final boolean visible) {
for (int i = 0; i < menu.size(); ++i) {
MenuItem item = menu.getItem(i);
if (item != exception)
item.setVisible(visible);
}
}
Well you could imitate that yourself by hiding all the other items when the SearchView
is expanded:
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(final Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
final MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
SearchView searchView = (android.widget.SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
// Detect SearchView icon clicks
searchView.setOnSearchClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
setItemsVisibility(menu, searchItem, false);
}
});
// Detect SearchView close
searchView.setOnCloseListener(new SearchView.OnCloseListener() {
@Override
public boolean onClose() {
setItemsVisibility(menu, searchItem, true);
return false;
}
});
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
private void setItemsVisibility(Menu menu, MenuItem exception, boolean visible) {
for (int i=0; i<menu.size(); ++i) {
MenuItem item = menu.getItem(i);
if (item != exception) item.setVisible(visible);
}
}