I created a Search Interface in Android. when we click on hardware search button our own search Dialog pops up. like this tutorial : http://www.edumobile.org/android/android-programming-tutorials/search-interface/
Then I made a action bar
( http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ActionBarCompat/index.html)
and I put a search button on it. I want to load my search Dialog when I click on the button.(The same when I click on hardware search button on the phone)
I appreciate for any help.
I have called method onSearchRequested() before successfully. What Ion suggested may work also.
See docs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onSearchRequested%28%29