Can't add Search button to Action Bar in Android Developer Tutorial

Question

I am trying to add the Search button to the Android Action bar by following this tutorial: https://developer.android.com/training/basics/actionbar/adding-buttons.html

I modified by minSdkVersion to 11 in my Manifest.

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="11"
    android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

I have added the action_search item in a main.xml file located in the menu folder:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"/>
    <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
          android:title="@string/action_search"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
          android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
          android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"/>

</menu>

Eclipse has provided the method already for the menu, which I have not changed:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

I've added the string to my strings.xml: <string name="action_search">Search</string> and included ic_action_search.png in my drawable folders.

There are no errors upon launch. I see the Settings menu item in the overflow. But I do not see the search button anywhere.

Answer 1

You should remove this value: collapseActionView

Replace this line:

android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"

with for example this

android:showAsAction="never"