How to configure searchable activity when applicationId differs from package id?

Question

I've changed applicationId and after that search functionality in my application stopped working. I initiate search via:

activity.onSearchRequested();

Essential part of AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.androzic" >

    <application
        android:name=".Androzic"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >

        <activity
            android:name=".SearchableActivity"
            android:exported="true"
            android:label="@string/search_name"
            android:launchMode="singleTop" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
            </intent-filter>

            <meta-data
                android:name="android.app.searchable"
                android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Essential part of build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.androzic.v2"
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 21
    }
}

How do I properly configure search if my applicationId is not the same as package id?

where do you use that `applicationId` ? is is a part of the manifest? — pskink, Dec 29 '14 at 18:38
No, it's a part of build.gradle: apply plugin: 'com.android.application' android { compileSdkVersion 21 buildToolsVersion "21.1.2" defaultConfig { applicationId "com.androzic.v2" minSdkVersion 8 targetSdkVersion 21 versionCode 105 versionName "2.0.3" } } — Andrey Novikov, Dec 29 '14 at 18:40
Is not `package` definition ignored when `applicationId` is set? Did you try to use same package name as in `applicationId` in `xml/searchable.xml`? — ozbek, Jan 12 '15 at 12:13
@ozbek I didn't find any way to specify package in `searchable.xml`. Am I missing something? — Andrey Novikov, Jan 15 '15 at 10:04
Right, just noticed that that's not in official docs. If you are not declaring full package name for `searchSuggestAuthority` then sorry I am out of clue. — ozbek, Jan 15 '15 at 13:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 19 '15 at 10:57

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Write this before </application>

<meta-data
android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value=".SearchableActivity" />

answered Jan 19 '15 at 10:57

Hardik Chauhan

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '17 at 14:29

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If you specified applicationId with other value than package attribute, it's safe to set full qualified class name as android:value of meta-data element, like below.

<activity
        android:name="com.androzic.SearchableActivity"
        .../>

or

<meta-data
    android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
    android:value="com.androzic.SearchableActivity" />

answered Jan 29 '17 at 14:29

Joo Young Jung

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I will not verify this solution as the question is outdated but it looks like this is what I was searching for. So I will accept this as an answer. – Andrey Novikov Mar 07 '17 at 11:41

How to configure searchable activity when applicationId differs from package id?

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