This is what i ended up using.
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
mSearchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
setupSearchView(searchItem);
mSearchView.setOnSearchClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// hide action item
if (menu != null) {
menu.findItem(R.id.notifications).setVisible(false);
menu.findItem(R.id.share).setVisible(false);
}
}
});
mSearchView.setOnCloseListener(new SearchView.OnCloseListener() {
@Override
public boolean onClose() {
adapter.getFilter().filter("");
// re-show the action button
if (menu != null) {
menu.findItem(R.id.notifications).setVisible(true);
menu.findItem(R.id.share).setVisible(true);
}
return false;
}
});
return true;
}
private void setupSearchView(MenuItem searchItem) {
//code
}