title: How do I invoke the search dialog using onSearchRequested()
body: <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>