Your assumption is partly right.
I want all activities to accept search queries (via the search button
on the phone), although I want only one single activity to handle the
search (via a web server) and display the results.
The problem is now, to make all activities accept search queries.
Therefor I have to add the <intent filter> to all activities,
otherwise pressing the search button will only show up the default
Google Search, but not my custom search.
But having the <intent filter> in each activity causes to create a new
instance (at least onCreate() is called) of that activity, whenever I
enter a String and start the search. And that is what I'd like to
avoid.
My goal is to have all activities accept search input (meaning
pressing the search button opens up the search box), but then as soon
as the search gets started it should be handled by the one single
search activity.
I hope that helps to better understand my problem.
On Dec 15, 1:50 pm, MrChaz <mrchazmob...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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 <stefan.klu...@gmail.com> 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>
>
>
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