SearchView query hint before clicking it

Question

I have a search view and I have a query hint attribute. However the hint appears only after clicking on the search view. Is there a way to make it appear before it has been clicked?

<SearchView
        android:id="@+id/searchView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView4"
        android:layout_marginBottom="14dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        android:queryHint="Search" />

I have seen another SO question with a similar query, but it wasn't solved. That's why I am asking again.

Here my solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46681500/android-4-3-not-focus-searchview-not-show-hint?noredirect=1#comment80355499_46681500 — Alex, Oct 12 '17 at 08:02

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 10 '18 at 10:42

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Use this XML:

android:queryHint="hint"
app:queryHint="hint"
app:defaultQueryHint="hint"
android:iconifiedByDefault="false"  // this line
app:iconifiedByDefault="false"

app used for {android.support.v7.widget.SearchView}

edited Dec 10 '18 at 10:42

Gabriel

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answered Oct 06 '18 at 10:35

Ali Bagheri

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this is the correct answer! Not the selected one... Thank you! – kostas poimenidhs Apr 21 '19 at 12:05
This is absolutely the right answer. `android:iconifiedByDefault="false"` – Sreekant Shenoy Dec 22 '19 at 10:25
Exactly this one ++++ – M.Fakhri Jan 16 '22 at 12:24

Selim YILDIZ · Answer 2 · 2023-06-20T17:18:09.117

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Try this:

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.searchView);
searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
searchView.setIconified(true);

and try this to hide focus (Keyboard)

 new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                search.clearFocus();
            }
    }, 300);

edited Jun 20 '23 at 17:18

answered Nov 06 '15 at 12:40

Selim YILDIZ

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Just checked, and found an attribute in xml iconifiedByDefault. I set that to false and it worked. Thanks. :) – ichigo gyuunyuu Nov 06 '15 at 12:47
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searchView.setIconified(false); did work for me. Thanks :) – SimplyProgrammer Nov 24 '16 at 05:12
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searchView.setIconified(false); - is focus searchView and as result show hint .But I need to show hint when searchView is not in focus. How I can do this? – Alex Oct 11 '17 at 16:37

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 06 '18 at 15:04

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You can just add android:iconifiedByDefault="false" it just displays the query hint string by default

answered Jun 06 '18 at 15:04

Thiru A P

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Md. Shofiulla · Answer 4 · 2021-03-28T19:47:41.527

This is a complete XML, You can try this.

<androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView
                android:id="@+id/searchView"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:theme="@style/PlayerSearchView"
                android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
                android:paddingStart="-4dp"
                app:iconifiedByDefault="false"
                app:searchIcon="@drawable/ic_person_search"
                app:closeIcon="@drawable/ic_close"
                app:queryBackground="@android:color/transparent"/>

Add this in style

<style name="PlayerSearchView" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SearchView">
        <item name="queryHint">@string/search_player</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/_10ssp</item>
        <item name="fontFamily">@font/montserrat_medium</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/colorBlack</item>
        <item name="android:queryHint">@color/colorBlack</item>
    </style>

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 08:25

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make setIconified(false)-that works for me that works,but when it is unclicked,again hint disappears

answered Apr 26 '17 at 08:25

amyShamna

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 28 '21 at 16:04

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use those attributes

<SearchView
.
.
android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
app:iconifiedByDefault="false"

answered Dec 28 '21 at 16:04

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 08 '18 at 08:23

This worked for me:

searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() 
{
    @Override
    public void run() {
          searchView.clearFocus();
    }
}, 300);

Also, don't forget to add these to manifest.xml:

<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>

score -1 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 22 '20 at 14:04

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Try this:

SearchView searchView = new SearchView(getSherlockActivity().getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext());
  searchView.setQueryHint("Search for countries…");
  searchView.setIconified(false);

  menu.add("Search")
      .setIcon(R.drawable.abs__ic_search)
      .setActionView(searchView)
      .setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);

edited Jul 22 '20 at 14:04

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answered Jul 22 '20 at 11:23

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score -4 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 11 '17 at 08:07

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In xml, You can use this android:queryHint="Search"

answered Jul 11 '17 at 08:07

Lavanya

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Please add more information to your answer (a complete example , a valuable link). – Yagami Light Jul 11 '17 at 08:21

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