# ActionBarCompat (Part 2): Action Views

DevFeed: [ActionBarCompat (Part 2): Action Views](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/actionbarcompat-part-2-action-views-27122.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/actionbarcompat-action-views>)

Published: 2013-07-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [SDK](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdk.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to add an Action View, particularly a Search View, to an Android project using ActionBarCompat. It covers the support library reference, retrieving the view with MenuItemCompat, and handling user input with OnQueryTextListener.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics