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Android setSubmitButtonEnabled not working

I'm using SearchView to filter my ListView data. I managed to implement it, but I can't get this code to work.
searchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled(false);
This is my full code:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.add_group_menu, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
MenuItem searchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchMenuItem.getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setQueryHint(getResources().getString(R.string.hint_type_something));
searchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled(false);
int searchPlateId = searchView.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_plate", null, null);
View searchPlate = searchView.findViewById(searchPlateId);
if (searchPlate != null) {
int searchTextId = searchPlate.getContext().getResources().getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null);
TextView searchText = (TextView) searchPlate.findViewById(searchTextId);
if (searchText != null) {
searchText.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
searchText.setHintTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));
}
}
searchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled(true);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
return true;
}
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Remove this line of code from your code.
//remove this line
searchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled(true);

getActionView is deprecated?

Today I decide to translate my android app from Java to Kotlin ! :) But I was very surprise when I type this :
val searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search)
val searchView = MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem) as SearchView
And Android Studio told me : " 'getActionView(MenuItem!):View!' is deprecated. Deprecated in Java "
So before to ask you the solution I ask to Google what is the solution and I believed I find the solution : "Use getActionView() directly."
So I modified my code like this :
val searchView = MenuItemCompat.getActionView() as SearchView
But getActionView() is still crossed so I don't understand at all...
I will be very happy if you can help me :) Thank you !

The Javadoc says:
Use getActionView() directly.
Hence, what you should do is:
val searchView = searchItem.getActionView() as SearchView

As suggested by egor, you can do like this
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_items, menu);
MenuItem menuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menuItem.getActionView();
search(searchView);
return true;

You can use the same as provided on android developer website
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the options menu from XML
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
// Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
// Assumes current activity is the searchable activity
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); // Do not iconify the widget; expand it by default
return true;
}

Use actionView directly in Kotlin, like this:
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.actions, menu)
val searchItem = menu?.findItem(R.id.action_search)
val searchView = searchItem?.actionView as SearchView
searchView.animate()
// TODO: Configure the search info and add any event listeners...
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
}

android - Adding an Action search bar in Fragment

I’m trying to add a SearchView in the ActionBar of a Fragment which is a part of DrawerLayout. I need the SearchView only for one fragment. I do the following in the onCreateOptionsMenu() method of the Fragment.
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
menu.clear();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.alarm_list_menu, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
mSearchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);
}
mSearchView is null every time. Have I missed some thing? I ‘m able to see the search icon on the ActionBar, but nothing more can be done.

Android set menu items dynamically at startup

I need to change the title of a menu item in my action bar at startup based on a few variables which get created at the startup.
But for some reason I cant simply do that since the menu items take time to inflate maybe?
how do I get around this issue.
below is my attempt but it throws java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
inflater.inflate(R.menu.map_fragment_action_menu, menu);
mOptionsMenu = menu;
mOptionsMenu.getItem(R.id.map_fragment_action_layers_0).setTitle("my title");
}
P.S. I am using a fragment, I also tried to set the title in onCreateView() method but still doesn't work.

You need to use the method Menu#findItem() instead.
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
inflater.inflate(R.menu.map_fragment_action_menu, menu);
mOptionsMenu = menu;
mOptionsMenu.findItem(R.id.map_fragment_action_layers_0).setTitle("my title");
}
Menu#getItem() expects an index and not the menu item's id. For e.g, if this menu item is the first item in the menu, you would use
mOptionsMenu.getItem(0).setTitle("my title");

Resetting Search Widget (SearchView) value

I've got 2 activites : the first, HomepageActiviy, have a search widget that search data using another activity, SearchActivity.
What I want to do is when I go back from SearchActiviy to HomepageActivity, the search widget go collapsed and with a empty text.
I've tried to do this following thing :
public class HomepageActivity extends Activity {
#TargetApi(11)
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.projectslist, menu);
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.homepage_search).getActionView();
ComponentName component = new ComponentName(this, SearchActivity.class);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(component));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
searchView.setQuery("", false);
}
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
[…]
#TargetApi(11)
#Override
protected void onRestart() {
super.onRestart();
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11)
invalidateOptionsMenu();
launchAsynchronousImageDownload();
}
}
If the widget is well displayed as collapsed, the text in the widget still remember searched text (after I re-open the widget).
How can I reset the text of the widget?
Thanks for any help! ;)

You might also try the following:
searchView.setQuery("", false);
searchView.clearFocus();

this is the magic
searchView.setQuery("", false); // clear the text
searchView.setIconified(true); // close the search editor and make search icon again
in the HomepageActivity insert the onSaveInstanceState function after oncreate function
this function will trigger everytime you open a new activity ,
before opening new activity it will reset the value of Search Widget
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
searchView.setQuery("", false);
searchView.setIconified(true);
}

This worked for me:
First, I declared the menu item variable at the top of the activity:
private MenuItem mSearchMenuItem;
I defined the variable in OnCreateOptionsMenu():
mSearchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
I declared invalidateOptionsMenu() in onResume():
#Override
protected void onResume() {
invalidateOptionsMenu();
super.onResume();
}
Lastly, I called collapseActionView() on the menu item in onPrepareOptionsMenu().
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
mSearchMenuItem.collapseActionView();
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}

searchView.setQuery("", false);
searchView.setIconified(false);

I had this problem too and it worked if I put it in onPrepareOptionsMenu.
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu (Menu menu) {
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
searchView.setQuery("", false);
// rest of code...
}

Kotlin
Here's a cleaner solution, it fixes the following:
Issue of showing filtered list after screen rotation.
Issue of showing filtered list when the user switches to other app and returns back.
Issue of search menu shifting to the left when the user returns back.
No need to iconify if you are invalidating, it's done automatically.
override fun onSaveInstanceState(outState: Bundle) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState)
searchView.setQuery("", false)
(activity as YourActivity).invalidateOptionsMenu()
}
Make sure to change YourActivity to the Activity name in which you have your Fragment.

Just found an ugly way to make it work (read comments to see differences):
public class HomepageActivity extends Activity {
// Declaring SearchView as an instance object
private SearchView searchView;
#TargetApi(11)
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.projectslist, menu);
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
// Using instance var instead of local var
searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.homepage_search).getActionView();
ComponentName component = new ComponentName(this, SearchActivity.class);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(component));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
// Setting query is not anymore required
//searchView.setQuery("", false);
}
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
[…]
#TargetApi(11)
#Override
protected void onRestart() {
super.onRestart();
// Do not need to recreate menu
/*if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11)
invalidateOptionsMenu();*/
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
// Calling twice: first empty text field, second iconify the view
searchView.setIconified(true);
searchView.setIconified(true);
}
launchAsynchronousImageDownload();
}
}
It's pretty ugly, I think, so if anybody as a better idea, just tell me :)