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How to build ActionBar with collapsible search view with single action item visible, when search view is expanded? To be more descriptive, this is what I need: Note that there are other menu items and android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" is defined in AndroidManifest.xml . I tried to set up custom search item layout: menu.xml <item android:id="@+id/menu_search" android:actionLayout="@layout/actionbar_search" android:icon="@drawable/action_search" android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView" android:title="@string/search" /> actionbar_search.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:gravity="right" android:orientation="horizontal" > <com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView android:id="@+id/search_view" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:iconifiedByDefault="false" android:queryHint="@string/search_hint" /> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/add_item" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" style="@style/Widget.Sherlock.ActionButton" android:src="@drawable/content_new"/> </LinearLayout> But by default search view takes all available width and button is not visible. I don't know how to force SearchView to fill all available space between app icon and menu item. All I found is android:maxWidth property, but

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