How to make a Search Bar in android?

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Can i use editText as Search bar in android? I am not trying to make a search bar inside a toolbar so i am thinking that editText would be fine but i am not sure and that is why i am asking. I have made my research but there is no new content on this topic and the android documentation with the search bar widget is confusing to me. And another question i have is how can i display the data after the request from the search bar is made. Should i display it in the same fragment or should i start a new activity?

Thanks in advance.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/59873977/4704327 this might help you in your first question 'Can i use editText as Search bar in android?' — Anand, Jun 02 '21 at 21:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '21 at 14:33

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Yes, You can use editText for searching, but you have to code searching capability manually. You can show search result both in fragment and in activity.

My Recommendation is to display it in the same fragment.

answered Jun 03 '21 at 14:33

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But because i already have a recycler view in this fragment, is it ok if i just make when user searches something the od recycler view to be gone and the new one to be shown. – Ivan Nikolovski Jun 03 '21 at 17:58
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/search-dialog.html – Code Scan Jun 04 '21 at 05:33
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33250875/how-to-add-search-bar-with-edit-text-in-toolbar – Code Scan Jun 04 '21 at 05:33
adapter attached only recyclerView part of XML – Code Scan Jun 04 '21 at 05:34
you can add anything in that layout – Code Scan Jun 04 '21 at 05:34

How to make a Search Bar in android?

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