diff --git a/samples/ApiDemos/AndroidManifest.xml b/samples/ApiDemos/AndroidManifest.xml
index 1fcf7ee44..d1c848acc 100644
--- a/samples/ApiDemos/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/samples/ApiDemos/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2003,6 +2003,16 @@
                        android:value=".app.SearchQueryResults" />
         </activity>
 
+        <activity android:name=".view.SearchViewAlwaysVisible" android:label="Views/Search View/Always Expanded"
+                android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.SAMPLE_CODE" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
+                       android:value=".app.SearchQueryResults" />
+        </activity>
+
         <activity android:name=".view.SearchViewFilterMode" android:label="Views/Search View/Filter"
                 android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/samples/ApiDemos/res/xml/searchable.xml b/samples/ApiDemos/res/xml/searchable.xml
index df4ef7acc..a2d048a05 100644
--- a/samples/ApiDemos/res/xml/searchable.xml
+++ b/samples/ApiDemos/res/xml/searchable.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 
 <searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:label="@string/search_label"
-    android:hint="@string/search_hint" 
-    android:searchMode="showSearchLabelAsBadge"
+    android:hint="@string/search_hint"
     
     android:voiceSearchMode="showVoiceSearchButton|launchRecognizer"
     android:voiceLanguageModel="free_form"
diff --git a/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewActionBar.java b/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewActionBar.java
index 7488fcce0..8ffa3b909 100644
--- a/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewActionBar.java
+++ b/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewActionBar.java
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuInflater;
+import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.Window;
+import android.view.MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.SearchView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
@@ -65,15 +67,21 @@ public class SearchViewActionBar extends Activity implements SearchView.OnQueryT
 
         MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
         inflater.inflate(R.menu.searchview_in_menu, menu);
-        mSearchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
-        setupSearchView();
+        MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
+        mSearchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
+        setupSearchView(searchItem);
 
         return true;
     }
 
-    private void setupSearchView() {
+    private void setupSearchView(MenuItem searchItem) {
 
-        mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
+        if (isAlwaysExpanded()) {
+            mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
+        } else {
+            searchItem.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM
+                    | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
+        }
 
         SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
         if (searchManager != null) {
@@ -116,4 +124,8 @@ public class SearchViewActionBar extends Activity implements SearchView.OnQueryT
             mSearchView.setIconified(false);
         }
     }
+
+    protected boolean isAlwaysExpanded() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewAlwaysVisible.java b/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewAlwaysVisible.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c67563ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/SearchViewAlwaysVisible.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.example.android.apis.view;
+
+import com.example.android.apis.R;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.app.SearchManager;
+import android.app.SearchableInfo;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.view.Menu;
+import android.view.MenuInflater;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.Window;
+import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.SearchView;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This demonstrates the usage of SearchView in an ActionBar as a menu item.
+ * It sets a SearchableInfo on the SearchView for suggestions and submitting queries to.
+ */
+public class SearchViewAlwaysVisible extends SearchViewActionBar {
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isAlwaysExpanded() {
+        return true;
+    }
+}