Android 4.3: Not Focus Searchview Not Show Hint

Android Studio 2.3.3, Android 4.3. In my fragment I has searchView component (not in ToolBar). Here my snippet. fragment_layout.xml: &l

Solution 1:

I found solution for Android 4.3+:

1. I use microphone icon , disable click on it and replace it by custom icon(glass)

2. Hide keyboard after 300 msec (because onActionViewExpanded() show soft keyboard)

As result I has:

1. Show hint when searchView is not focus
2. Show icon on the right side when searchView is on focus and when searchView is NOT in focus

Here my snippet:

Java code:

ImageViewvoiceButtonIcon= view.findViewById(android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_voice_btn);
        voiceButtonIcon.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_search_black);
        voiceButtonIcon.setEnabled(false);

        // Workaround! Show hint when searchView has no focus
        searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
        newHandler().postDelayed(newRunnable() {
            @Overridepublicvoidrun() {
                searchView.clearFocus();
            }
        }, 300);

layout xml:

<android.support.v7.widget.SearchView
        android:id="@+id/searchView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="20dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
        android:background="@drawable/search_view_bg"
        android:theme="@style/SearchViewTheme"
        app:defaultQueryHint="@string/settings"
        app:searchHintIcon="@null" />

As result: searchView has NO focus:

and searchView HAS in focus:

So hint show always!