SearchView query hint before clicking it

Issue

I have a search view and I have a query hint attribute. However the hint appears only after clicking on the search view. Is there a way to make it appear before it has been clicked?

<SearchView
        android:id="@+id/searchView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView4"
        android:layout_marginBottom="14dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
        android:queryHint="Search" />

I have seen another SO question with a similar query, but it wasn't solved. That's why I am asking again.

Solution

You can add these below lines:

SearchView searchView = (SearchView) findViewById(R.id.searchView);
searchView.onActionViewExpanded();
searchView.setIconified(true);

and add this to hiding focus (Keyboard)

 new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                search.clearFocus();
            }
    }, 300);

Answered By - Selim YILDIZ