android - how to send search suggestion data to searchable activity using action bar search widget? -

my search working using action bar search widget. want filter search result according input activity invokes search. don't know how send data searchable activity. need please ?

in intent, add data:

intent intent = new intent(this, displaymessageactivity.class); intent.putextra("filter", filter); startactivity(intent) 

then read data in search activity:

intent intent = getintent(); string filter = intent.getstringextra("filter");