title: Is there a way to launch voice input on the softkeyboard programatically?
body: <p>The idea is to take a user voice input on the press of a button and pass it to the search inside the app.  Because of device limitations we are using the <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/widget/SearchViewCompat.html" rel="nofollow">SearchViewCompat</a> instead of the useful SearchView.  I have been able to grab the voice output using <a href="http://viralpatel.net/blogs/android-speech-to-text-api/" rel="nofollow">this link</a>, but there is not a simple way to pass the text to the search bar this way.<br>
  The search view itself shows as a view (so no setText()), but if I can just say "use mic key on keyboard" or something as soon as the searchbar comes up, I think it might work.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>
  Thanks,
  SGB.</p>