Android: ActionBarSherlock search widget

Question

Currently, I have an application in the game store for both tablets and Android 3.0+ smartphones ( http://tinyurl.com/cnejnjs ). To appeal to more users, I study how the application works on a large number of devices.

I know the ActionBar Sherlock, and that seems to do almost everything I want. One thing he does not offer is the Search Widget , which I use in the current application.

Is there a way to have a search box on the action bar that updates the current fragment of the list on the screen, similar to how the default search widget works?

Answer 1

A search widget is just an extensible action item. You can create your own very easily using EditText as an advanced layout. You can see this in the “Folding Action Item” example from Feature Demos (although this is just a very simple example).

You can also use the built-in widget on Honeycomb and from the compatibility library:

 Context context = getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext(); View searchView = SearchViewCompat.newSearchView(context); if (searchView != null) { //Use native implementation } else { //Use simple compatibility implementation } 

Support for 99% compatible implementation also on the roadmap .