getActionView is deprecated?

Question

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 !

Whats the problem with your second approach? Can you post the error? — guenhter, Jul 25 '17 at 15:06
In 2020 you can just use `val searchView = searchItem.actionView as SearchView` — Stanojkovic, Dec 17 '20 at 15:46

score 63 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '17 at 14:50

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The Javadoc says:

Use getActionView() directly.

Hence, what you should do is:

val searchView = searchItem.getActionView() as SearchView

answered Jul 25 '17 at 14:50

Egor

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Just to add to this, the [docs](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/view/MenuItemCompat.html#getActionView(android.view.MenuItem)) actually link the `getActionView` method of `MenuItem` in the deprecation info. – zsmb13 Jul 25 '17 at 15:45

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '17 at 08:01

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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;

answered Dec 21 '17 at 08:01

Ashish Kumar

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It would be even better if you can explain what you did there. – Pubudu Dodangoda Dec 21 '17 at 08:06

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 05 '17 at 17:39

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;
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 01 '18 at 20:32

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)
}

getActionView is deprecated?

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