Android 9 Development Cookbook - Third Edition

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To set up the Search UI pattern, we need to create the Search menu item and a resource called searchable. We'll create a second activity to receive the search query. Then, we'll hook it all up in the AndroidManifest file. To get started, open the strings.xml file in res/values and follow these steps:

1. Add the following string resources:

<string name="search_title">Search</string><string name="search_hint">Enter text to search</string>

2. Create the menu directory: res/menu.
3. Create a new menu resource called menu_search.xml in res/menu using the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">    <item android ...