The manifest file that will call jc_search_activity.java
<activity android:name="com.jc.suadmin.first_page" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value=".jc_search_activity" /> </activity> <activity android:name=".jc_search_activity" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" /> </intent-filter> <meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" android:resource="@xml/searchable"/> </activity>