SearchView.OnCloseListener does not get invoked

Question

Im using an action bar and adding a searchView to it. I have implemented the searchView.onCLoseListener but this does not seem to be getting invoked. Any suggestions ?

My code looks something like this :

SearchView searchView = new SearchView(getContext());
searchView.setOnCloseListener(new OnCloseListener() {

  public boolean onClose() {
    searchView.setVisibility(SearchView.GONE);
    // Do Something

    return true;
  }
});

score 43 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '14 at 11:27

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I ran into same problem on android 4.1.1. Looks like it is a known bug: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=25758

Anyway, as a workaround i used state change listener (when SearchView is detached from action bar, it is also closed obviously).

view.addOnAttachStateChangeListener(new OnAttachStateChangeListener() {

    @Override
    public void onViewDetachedFromWindow(View arg0) {
        // search was detached/closed
    }

    @Override
    public void onViewAttachedToWindow(View arg0) {
        // search was opened
    }
});

Above code worked well in my case.

answered Jul 04 '14 at 11:27

Dario

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Nice approach. Working – tornic Apr 25 '18 at 09:58
With this answer, you said "you are safe now my sweet child", and I am here to tell you: "I owe you my life". Legit, this answer works great. There are no sensible options controlling the SearchView status, and after a day of searching I found this and tried it - and it just. works. Four years after this was posted it's still extremely relevant. Should definitely be the accepted answer! – TomQDRS Dec 24 '18 at 16:19
I'd like to add, that it only worked for me, when I wrote ... (new View.OnAttachStateChangeListener() ... Took me awhile, I hope I can spare you the time – notADev May 28 '20 at 07:18
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6 years on and this is still the best answer. Google is yet to fix this. – BVB09 Jul 29 '20 at 22:26

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '17 at 16:58

In order call onClose() method from SearchView.OnCloseListener. I made it working in the following way. Add this to your searchview

searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
searchView.setOnCloseListener(this);

Now implement this onclick listener

  searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_close_btn)
                .setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    Log.d("called","this is called.");
                    searchView.setQuery("",false);
                    searchView.setIconified(true);

                }
            });

This worked for me. Sharing so that it can help somebody else also. Thanks

Charlie · Answer 3 · 2016-12-22T15:56:14.097

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To get notified when the 'x' icon is clicked, I added an on click listener to the SearchView 'x' button.

Find the SearchView 'x' button by id and attach the OnClickListener:

mSearchView.findViewById(R.id.search_close_btn)
    .setOnClickListener(this);

The view search_close_btn is present in the SearchView layout provided by the Android framework.

edited Dec 22 '16 at 15:56

answered Dec 22 '16 at 15:50

Charlie

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '13 at 09:12

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Ok. i got the mistake. We cant add a searchCommand and do

setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW)

Doing this would remove the searchText if any and hence we cant do a onClose().

answered Jan 31 '13 at 09:12

lokoko

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score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 06 '17 at 11:10

    MenuItemCompat.OnActionExpandListener expandListener = new MenuItemCompat.OnActionExpandListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
            // Do something when action item collapses
            /*Hiding the mic on search visibility*/
                myMenu.findItem(R.id.action_speak).setVisible(false);
            Log.v("test","colllapse");
            return true;  // Return true to collapse action view
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
            // Do something when expanded
            Log.v("test","expand");
            return true;  // Return true to expand action view
        }
    };

    //Searchview Initilisation
    MenuItem searchViewItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    // Assign the listener to that action item
    MenuItemCompat.setOnActionExpandListener(searchViewItem, expandListener);

More info from here: https://developer.android.com/training/appbar/action-views.html

This could benefit from some additional explanation. – Raidri Apr 06 '17 at 11:10 — Raidri, Apr 06 '17 at 11:10

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 17 '13 at 06:27

What I did to sort out a similar problem is I created a new class that extended SearchView:

public class EnglishVerbSearchView extends SearchView {

OnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener;

public EnglishVerbSearchView(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

@Override
public void onActionViewCollapsed() {
    if (mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener != null)
        mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener.onSearchViewCollapsed();
    super.onActionViewCollapsed();
}

public interface OnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener{
    public void onSearchViewCollapsed();
}

public void setOnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener(OnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener eventListener) {
    mSearchViewCollapsedEventListener = eventListener;
}

}

You can then use this class instead of SearchView in your menu xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:yourapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
    <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
      android:title="@string/action_search"
      android:icon="@drawable/action_search"
      yourapp:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
      yourapp:actionViewClass="com.szymontrapp.englishverbs.EnglishVerbSearchView" />
</menu>

And then you can add a listener in your activity:

    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.dictionary, menu);
    MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    EnglishVerbSearchView searchView = (EnglishVerbSearchView)      MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);       

    // Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
    SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
    // Assumes current activity is the searchable activity
    searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
    searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); // Do not iconify the widget; expand it by default

    searchView.setOnSearchViewCollapsedEventListener(listener);

You can also override other methods in your class that replaces SearchView to achieve other goals.

I have a similar problem here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43702055/android-how-do-i-get-searchview-close-button-to-return-to-search-edittext?noredirect=1#comment74449117_43702055. Any thoughts or ideas on how to fix? — AJW, Apr 30 '17 at 03:17

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 18 '17 at 09:06

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If you have set the

searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false)

then, your searchView never closes as it is always in expanded mode. This is the reason why your onClose() is not being invoked.

answered May 18 '17 at 09:06

Sai Kamisetti

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 13 '17 at 22:45

Create the menu item with the app:showAsAction set to always.

<item   
 android:id="@+id/action_search"  
 android:title="..."  
 android:icon="..."  
 app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"  
 app:showAsAction="always"/>

When creating the SearchView in the onCreateOptionsMenu method do something like this

inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
final MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
final SearchView search = (SearchView) item.getActionView();
search.setQueryHint(getString(R.string.search_brand_item));
search.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
  @Override
  public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
    // add your code
    return false;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
    // add your code 
    return false;
  }
});
search.setOnCloseListener(new SearchView.OnCloseListener() {
  @Override
  public boolean onClose() {
    // add your code here
    return false;
  }
});
search.setIconifiedByDefault(true); // make sure to set this to true

The search.setIconifiedByDefault(true) needs to be set to true to call the onClose() method on the SearchView.OnCloseListener() created above.

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited May 04 '20 at 02:31

I'm also find this problem. the solution is very simple! Just store your SearchView view in private var. Then use

isShown method to check if view was expanded,
searchview.addOnLayoutChange to determine searchview start using isShown after if block do your actions,
override onBackPressed with if block(searchView !=null && searchView.isShown() then do your actions when user click back button,
and override home(back) button listener in onOptionsItemSelected with isShown block. Note: in menu item xml file remove app:showAsAction collapseActionView flag.

SearchView.OnCloseListener does not get invoked

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