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  1. POAdding a TextWatcher to EditText inside ActionBarSherlock having MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS
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    copied!<p>I'm using ActionBarSherlock, I want to display an EditText in it with MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS. It takes the full width of the bar and shows as desired. But I am running into trouble trying to add a TextWatcher to it.</p> <p>So based on the accepted answer here: <a href="http://goo.gl/ite6h" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/ite6h</a> I write:</p> <pre><code> EditText search; public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu menu) { menu.add(0, 1, 1, R.string.inlineSearch).setIcon(R.drawable.action_search).setActionView(search).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS); return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); } private TextWatcher filterTextWatcher = new TextWatcher() { public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { Log.e("TextWatcher","after"); } public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) { Log.e("TextWatcher","before"); } public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { Log.e("TextWatcher","onText"); } }; @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem item) { Log.e("onOptions",""+item.getItemId()); // Line 150 switch (item.getItemId()) { case 1: search = (EditText) item.getActionView(); search.addTextChangedListener(filterTextWatcher); search.requestFocus(); InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE); imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0); } return true; } </code></pre> <p>Problem is, line 150 is never reached (no log) and nothing the listener is not added to the search (EditText).</p> <p>Could anyone point me in the right direction?</p>
 

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