I has create an activity for search something. but I want search view is searching status when I start this activity. So..... like this, I create search view from option menu. but setIconified set value false for set first open activity search view is open . public void onCreate ( Bundle savedInstanceState ) { super . onCreate ( savedInstanceState ); setContentView ( R . layout . xxx . xml ) configActionBar (); loadData (); if ( mSearchView != null && mSearchView . isIconified ()) { mSearchView . setIconified ( false ); } } public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu ( Menu menu ) { getSupportMenuInflater (). inflate ( R . menu . search_button , menu ); mSearchView = ( SearchView ) menu . findItem ( R . id . search ). getActionView (); return super . onCreateOptionsMenu ( menu ); }