Android Search Dialog how do I restrict input to numbers only?

Question

I'm building a zip code search page for my Android app so I want to force the user to enter 5 numeric digits. I've searched everywhere and I don't see any way to for the Search Dialog. I know that text entry fields can be set to a numeric type, how do I do that for the Search Dialog?

Answer 1

You can use Searchable Configuration

In That you can Specify

android:inputType="inputType"
android:imeOptions="imeOptions"

For more information

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/searchable-config.html

Answer 2

In the searchable that you have defined, you can set the input type.

For more info refer here:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/searchable-config.html

Hope this helps!