title: Cannot get searchview in actionbar to work
body: <p>I am pretty new to java and android development; and I have been working on an app in which I want an action bar with a <code>SearchView</code>. I have looked at the google examples but I can not get it to work. I must be doing something wrong and I'm about to give up on app-development :D I have searched but I have not found anything helpful. Maybe you guys can help me :)</p>
  
  <p><strong>The problem</strong>: I get the search view to open as it should, but after that nothing happens at all, I've noticed that my <em>searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName())</em> returns null. Also my hint that I've given is not displayed in my search box which leads me to believing that maybe the app can't find my searchable.xml? Enough talk :)</p>
  
  <p><strong>MainActivity.java</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
          getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
  
          // Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
          SearchManager searchManager =
              (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
          SearchView searchView =
              (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
          searchView.setSearchableInfo(
              searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
  
          return true;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>searchable.xml</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:hint="@string/search_hint"
      android:label="@string/app_label"&gt;
  &lt;/searchable&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Androidmanifest</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.example.searchapp"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0" &gt;
  
      &lt;uses-sdk
          android:minSdkVersion="14"
          android:targetSdkVersion="15" /&gt;
  
      &lt;application
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt;
  
          &lt;activity android:name=".SearchableActivity" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
  
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".MainActivity"
              android:label="@string/title_activity_main" &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;
  
          &lt;meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
                     android:resource="@xml/searchable"/&gt;          
  
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>SearchableActivity.java</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example.searchapp;
  
  import android.app.ListActivity;
  import android.app.SearchManager;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.util.Log;
  
  public class SearchableActivity extends ListActivity {
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.search);
  
          // Get the intent, verify the action and get the query
          Intent intent = getIntent();
          if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
            String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
            doMySearch(query);
          }
      }
  
      private void doMySearch(String query) {
          Log.d("Event",query);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is a link to the referred project, I would be eternally grateful if someone was to help me with this!</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z0amwhu16y1essw/Tjko051u9x/SearchApp.rar" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Source code</a></p>