This demonstrates idiomatic usage of the Action Bar
/* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package app.test; import android.app.Activity; import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuInflater; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.widget.SearchView; import android.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast; /** * This demonstrates idiomatic usage of the Action Bar. The default Honeycomb theme * includes the action bar by default and a menu resource is used to populate the * menu data itself. If you'd like to see how these things work under the hood, see * ActionBarMechanics. */ public class Test extends Activity implements OnQueryTextListener { TextView mSearchText; int mSortMode = -1; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); mSearchText = new TextView(this); setContentView(mSearchText); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu); SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView(); searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this); return true; } @Override public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { if (mSortMode != -1) { Drawable icon = menu.findItem(mSortMode).getIcon(); menu.findItem(R.id.action_sort).setIcon(icon); } return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu); } @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { Toast.makeText(this, "Selected Item: " + item.getTitle(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); return true; } // This method is specified as an onClick handler in the menu xml and will // take precedence over the Activity's onOptionsItemSelected method. // See res/menu/actions.xml for more info. public void onSort(MenuItem item) { mSortMode = item.getItemId(); // Request a call to onPrepareOptionsMenu so we can change the sort icon invalidateOptionsMenu(); } // The following callbacks are called for the SearchView.OnQueryChangeListener // For more about using SearchView, see src/.../view/SearchView1.java and SearchView2.java public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) { newText = newText.isEmpty() ? "" : "Query so far: " + newText; mSearchText.setText(newText); return true; } public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) { Toast.makeText(this, "Searching for: " + query + "...", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); return true; } } //main.xml