Question

I have 3 activities in my project and I would like to remove/hide the searchView in the actionbar on only one activity.

I tried searchView.setVisibility(View.GONE); but there is still the clickable icon.

main_menu.xml

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

<item android:id="@+id/menu_search"
      android:title="@string/menu_search"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_search"
      android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
      android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
<item
    android:id="@+id/item_clear_memory_cache"
    android:title="@string/menu_item_clear_memory_cache"/>

<item
    android:id="@+id/item_clear_disc_cache"
    android:title="@string/menu_item_clear_disc_cache"/>

</menu>

Answer 1

menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).setVisible(false); should be the way.