As I understand it you only want the intent-filter in the activity that does the searching. The intent filter says the to platform "hey I can do this" Then in the activities you want to use the search you can startActivityForResult()
On Dec 15, 12:11 pm, Stefan Klumpp <[email protected]> wrote: > have an activity handling search (ACTIVITY_1), which works perfectly > when I use the search (via SEARCH button on the phone) within/from > this activity. > > However, when I use search from another activity (ACTIVITY_2..x) by > implementing onNewIntent and forward the query string to my > Search_Activity.class (ACTIVITY_1) it always pauses ACTIVITY_2 first > and then goes to onCreate() of ACTIVITY_2. > > @Override > protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) { > Log.i(TAG, "onNewIntent()"); > > if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) { > Log.i(TAG, "===== Intent: ACTION_SEARCH ====="); > Intent myIntent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), > Search_Activity.class); > myIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH); > myIntent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, intent.getStringExtra > (SearchManager.QUERY)); > startActivity(myIntent); > } > > } > > * Why does it recreate my ACTIVITY_2 when it is already there and > doesn't go to onNewIntent directly? > * Is there another way I can forward search queries directly to > ACTIVITY_1? For example via a setting in the Manifest.xml > * Is it possible to generally forward all search queries > automatically to ACTIVITY_1 without even implementing onNewIntent in > all the other activities? > > Currently I have to put an <intent-filter> in every single activity to > "activate" my custom search there and forward the query then to the > activity that handles search via the onNewIntent (as shown above). > > <activity android:name=".Another_Activity" > android:theme="@style/MyTheme"> > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > </intent-filter> > <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" > android:resource="@xml/searchable" /> > </activity> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
