Text input in SearchView doesn't show

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I noticed a couple days ago that inputting text in my SearchView doesn't show up. Maybe this problem started longer ago and I hadn't noticed it, but I know that everything was working well when I first set up search functionality.

Here is a screenshot (I have already entered text, and you can see that it is not showing):

I have already tried to change the colour of the text on the SearchView, with this SO question, and I've also tried changing the text colour in my searchable configuration XML file. After I found that none of these work, I undid my changes so that you can see the code I currently have below:

MainActivity.java

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu) { 

    ...

    // Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
    SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(SEARCH_SERVICE);
    MenuItem searchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchMenuItem.getActionView();
    searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(new ComponentName(this, SearchResultsActivity.class)));
    // Note: getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()) will not work on all flavours
    // because of a difference in app IDs

}

Note that I've used new ComponentName(...) instead of getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()) since I use different package names in my different flavours.

The activity above is where the SearchView is displayed. The results are shown in another activity.

searchable.xml

<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:hint="@string/search_hint" />

AndroidManifest.xml

    ...

    <activity
        android:name=".ui.MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_main"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
            android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" />
    </activity>

    ...

    <activity
        android:name=".ui.filter.SearchResultsActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_search_results"
        android:parentActivityName=".ui.MainActivity"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.Search">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.companyname.appname.ui.MainActivity" />

        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
        </intent-filter>

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

    ...

styles.xml (the activity containing the SearchView uses AppTheme.NavDrawer)

...

<style name="Base.AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="colorButtonNormal">?colorAccent</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.AppTheme">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/theme_primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/theme_primary_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/theme_accent</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.NavDrawer">
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/window_background</item>
</style>

...

v21/styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme.NavDrawer">
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/window_background</item>
    <item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
</style>

....

activity_main_filterable.xml (the layout that my activity uses)

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/drawerLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true" >

    <include layout="@layout/activity_main_content" />

    <include layout="@layout/navdrawer"
    android:id="@+id/navigationView" />

    <include layout="@layout/filter_drawer"
        android:id="@+id/filter_drawer" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

activity_main_content.xml

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_above="@+id/adView">
        <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
            <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                android:id="@+id/toolbar"
                style="@style/AppTheme.Toolbar"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"/>
            <include layout="@layout/blank" /> <!-- This is to prevent bugs -->
        </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

        <include layout="@layout/fragment_misc_no_results"
        android:id="@+id/fragment_no_results"/>

        <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
            style="@style/AppTheme.RecyclerView.StandardList"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
    </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

    <com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
        android:id="@+id/adView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        ads:adSize="SMART_BANNER"
        ads:adUnitId="@string/banner_ad_unit_id" />
</RelativeLayout>

Any ideas on what might be going on or how I should solve it?

Can you check using Show Layout Bounds from Developer Options, if the SerachView is there as a rectangular view? — Aritra Roy, Jul 28 '16 at 13:37
add following code to your toolbar: android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar" — Amir, Jul 28 '16 at 13:40
@MidasLefko I've updated my question with the relevant layout files. — Farbod Salamat-Zadeh, Jul 28 '16 at 13:42

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 28 '16 at 13:38

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I had the same issue, and for me it was because I had set my toolbar height to wrap_content. Try giving it a size, like this:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    app:theme="@style/ToolbarTheme"
    app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"
    app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
    />

answered Jul 28 '16 at 13:38

MidasLefko

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Thank you - this worked for me. Do you know why though? – Farbod Salamat-Zadeh Jul 28 '16 at 13:55
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No idea. I spent hours experimenting and that't the only thing that worked. – MidasLefko Jul 28 '16 at 13:57
I still don't have any concrete reason to why it's happening, but coordinator layout could be a potential culprit causing this weird behaviour. If i am using a simple linear layout, SearchView is working fine then. – Prateek Jain Oct 01 '17 at 10:01

Amir · Answer 2 · 2016-08-01T13:02:42.997

This is the code I use for my recent project and it's work fine:

First define search_menu.xml (make sure use android supportV7) :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/search"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_search_gray"
        android:title="@string/action_search"
        app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
        app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>

Then define in your onCreateOptionMenu of your Activity:

MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(menu.findItem(R.id.search));
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(new ComponentName(getApplicationContext(), SearchActivity.class)));
searchView.setMaxWidth(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
MenuItemCompat.expandActionView(menu.findItem(R.id.search));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
searchView.setIconified(false);

Also my Toolbar:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/gray_lightest"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"
        app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp" />

Add meta-data to your AndroidManifest.xml:

    <activity
        android:name=".ui.activity.SearchActivity"
        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"
            android:value=".ui.activity.SearchActivity" />
    </activity>

Final result:

Thank you so much for your answer, Amir, however I found Midas's solution to work for me. — Farbod Salamat-Zadeh, Jul 28 '16 at 13:58

Text input in SearchView doesn't show

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