This is how you get it if you are using Support Lib v4 (aka FragmentActivity) - Android Activity

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This is how you get it if you are using Support Lib v4 (aka FragmentActivity)

Demo Code


import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v4.view.MenuItemCompat;
import android.support.v7.widget.SearchView;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Main{
    /**/*  w  w  w . jav  a 2 s.com*/
     * This is how you get it if you are using Support Lib v4 (aka FragmentActivity)
     */
    @TargetApi(11)
    public static EditText GetActionBarSeachEditText(MenuItem item,
            int SearchViewId) {
        AutoCompleteTextView editText;
        android.widget.SearchView sv = (android.widget.SearchView) item
                .getActionView().findViewById(SearchViewId);
        int id = sv.getContext().getResources()
                .getIdentifier("android:id/search_src_text", null, null);
        editText = (AutoCompleteTextView) sv.findViewById(id);
        return editText;
    }
}

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