title: Adding a TextWatcher to EditText inside ActionBarSherlock having MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS
body: <p>I'm using ActionBarSherlock, I want to display an EditText in it with MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS. It takes the full width of the bar and shows as desired. But I am running into trouble trying to add a TextWatcher to it.</p>
  
  <p>So based on the accepted answer here: <a href="http://goo.gl/ite6h" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/ite6h</a> I write:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    EditText search;
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu menu) {
  
      menu.add(0, 1, 1, R.string.inlineSearch).setIcon(R.drawable.action_search).setActionView(search).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);
      return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
      }
  
      private TextWatcher filterTextWatcher = new TextWatcher() {
      public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
          Log.e("TextWatcher","after");
      }
  
      public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
          Log.e("TextWatcher","before");
      }
  
      public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
          Log.e("TextWatcher","onText");
      }
  
  }; 
  
  @Override
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem item) {
          Log.e("onOptions",""+item.getItemId()); // Line 150
          switch (item.getItemId()) {
              case 1:
                  search = (EditText) item.getActionView();
                  search.addTextChangedListener(filterTextWatcher);
                  search.requestFocus();
                  InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
                  imm.toggleSoftInput(InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED, 0);
          }  
          return true;
      }  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Problem is, line 150 is never reached (no log) and nothing the listener is not added to the search (EditText).</p>
  
  <p>Could anyone point me in the right direction?</p>