How do I invoke the search dialog using onSearchRequested()
<p>I'm trying to implement the search dialog and I am unable to display the search from an Activity.</p>

<p>I have my main activity defined in my manifest file, this activity shows the user a list of options they have to choose from. One of the options is a Search option.</p>

<pre><code>    &lt;activity
        android:name=".MenuListActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;
        &lt;intent-filter&gt;
            &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
            &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
        &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
    &lt;/activity&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>My Search activity is defined in my manifest file like so. </p>

<pre><code>&lt;activity android:name=".SearchActivity"  
              android:launchMode="singleTop"  
              android:label="@string/app_name"&gt;  
            &lt;intent-filter&gt;  
                &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /&gt;
            &lt;/intent-filter&gt;  
            &lt;meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"  
                       android:resource="@xml/searchable"/&gt;  
&lt;/activity&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Now my problem is when I call the onSearchRequested() from my MenuListActivity nothing happens. </p>

<pre><code>public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View itemClicked, int position, long id) {  
          String strText = items[position];  

          if (strText.equalsIgnoreCase(getResources().getString(R.string.menu_item_browse))) {  
              startActivity(new Intent(MenuListActivity.this, WSMobileActivity.class));  
          } else if (strText.equalsIgnoreCase(getResources().getString(R.string.menu_item_search))) { 

            // If i call it like this it doesn't work, nothing happens  
              onSearchRequested();  

          } else if (strText.equalsIgnoreCase(getResources().getString(R.string.menu_item_locator))) {
              startActivity(new Intent(MenuListActivity.this, StoreLocatorActivity.class));  
          }  
      }  
</code></pre>

<p>Please help, how do I invoke the search request from my MenuActivity? </p>
