I'm trying to display hint text in a search view in my Main Activity. The onqueryTextSubmit launches another activity called SearchResultsActivity which will display the results of the query. My problem is that I cannot display the hint text. My searchable.xml code
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:hint="@string/search_hint"
android:label="@string/app_name"
/>
and the manifest code
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH"/>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable1"
android:value=".SearchResultsActivity"
android:resource="@xml/searchable"/>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SearchResultsActivity">
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="@xml/searchable">
</meta-data>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
and finaly my onQueryTextSubmit code
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)
{
Anniversaries tempResults;
tempResults = mainAnniversariesManager.searchManager.searchAnniversaries(query);
if (tempResults.entries.size() == 0)
{
snackbar = Snackbar.make(findViewById(R.id.coordinator), getString(R.string.no_results_found) + query, Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE);
snackbar.show();
return true;
} else
{
snackbar = null;
if (!searchView.isIconified())
{
searchView.setIconified(true);
}
menuItem.collapseActionView();
Intent intent=new Intent(getApplicationContext(),SearchResultsActivity.class);
Bundle args=new Bundle();
args.putSerializable("serialized_Anniversaries",tempResults);
intent.putExtra("args",args);
startActivity(intent);
return false;
}
}
Thanks in advance
To add SearchView hint text use the following code :
search.setQueryHint("Custom Search Hint");