Android – How to Implement Google Search Inside Your App

package com.technotalkative.googlesearchintent;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class GoogleSearchIntentActivity extends Activity {

	private EditText editTextInput;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        editTextInput = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editTextInput);
   }

    public void onSearchClick(View v)
    {
    	try {
    		 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
             String term = editTextInput.getText().toString();
             intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, term);
             startActivity(intent);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO: handle exception
		}

    }
}

main.xml

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?-->
<linearlayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" android:padding="10dp">

    <edittext android:id="@+id/editTextInput" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="Enter search text">

        <requestfocus>
    </requestfocus></edittext>

    <button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Search" android:layout_gravity="center" android:onclick="onSearchClick" android:layout_margintop="10dp">


</button></linearlayout>

 Note:

Don’t forget to add INTERNET permission inside the AndroidManifest.xml file.

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET">
</uses-permission>

Output:

Download full source code of this example: Android – Implementation of Google Search Intent