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    copied!<p>I'm trying to implement the search dialog and I am unable to display the search from an Activity.</p> <p>I have my main activity defined in my manifest file, this activity shows the user a list of options they have to choose from. One of the options is a Search option.</p> <pre><code> &lt;activity android:name=".MenuListActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"&gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt; &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;/activity&gt; </code></pre> <p>My Search activity is defined in my manifest file like so. </p> <pre><code>&lt;activity android:name=".SearchActivity" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:label="@string/app_name"&gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" android:resource="@xml/searchable"/&gt; &lt;/activity&gt; </code></pre> <p>Now my problem is when I call the onSearchRequested() from my MenuListActivity nothing happens. </p> <pre><code>public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View itemClicked, int position, long id) { String strText = items[position]; if (strText.equalsIgnoreCase(getResources().getString(R.string.menu_item_browse))) { startActivity(new Intent(MenuListActivity.this, WSMobileActivity.class)); } else if (strText.equalsIgnoreCase(getResources().getString(R.string.menu_item_search))) { // If i call it like this it doesn't work, nothing happens onSearchRequested(); } else if (strText.equalsIgnoreCase(getResources().getString(R.string.menu_item_locator))) { startActivity(new Intent(MenuListActivity.this, StoreLocatorActivity.class)); } } </code></pre> <p>Please help, how do I invoke the search request from my MenuActivity? </p>
 

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