How to close SearchView in android with ActionbarSherlock or android ActionBar When I use a search view for search something in android action bar; u must have create a menu for actionview( SearchView) @Override public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) { inflater.inflate(R.menu.news_post_list, menu); mSearchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.item_search).getActionView(); mSearchView.setQueryHint(getString(R.string.search_hint_news)); mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this); super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater); } and menu xml is : <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <item android:id="@+id/item_search" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search" android:title="@string/search_hint" android:showAsAction="ifRoom" android:actionViewClass="com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView"/> <item android:id