Question

I would like to know if there is a way to make a difference between a normal search and a global search in Android. Isn’t there any property of the intent I could use to make a difference between the two kind of searches ?

Thanks in advance,
Stéphane

Answer 1

So Will kru is right. It is possible to add some data to my search intent inside myactivity to distinguish it from a global search.

Here are some references :
Passing some data to search, from android dev
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/search-dialog.html#SearchContextData

And here is some example code.

@Override
public boolean onSearchRequested() {
     Bundle appData = new Bundle();
     appData.putBoolean(SearchableActivity.JARGON, true);
     startSearch(null, false, appData, false);
     return true;
 }

Thanks @Will Kru,
Stéphane