diff --git a/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java b/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java
index 0380c90..26b5b7a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/SearchDialog.java
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@
             mSearchAutoComplete.setDropDownAlwaysVisible(false);
         }
 
+        mSearchAutoComplete.setForceIgnoreOutsideTouch(true);
+
         // attach the suggestions adapter, if suggestions are available
         // The existence of a suggestions authority is the proxy for "suggestions available here"
         if (mSearchable.getSuggestAuthority() != null) {
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java b/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
index 47798a4..6848a55 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.java
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
     private boolean mDropDownAlwaysVisible = false;
 
     private boolean mDropDownDismissedOnCompletion = true;
+    
+    private boolean mForceIgnoreOutsideTouch = false;
 
     private int mLastKeyCode = KeyEvent.KEYCODE_UNKNOWN;
     private boolean mOpenBefore;
@@ -1142,6 +1144,8 @@
                 heightSpec = mDropDownHeight;
             }
 
+            mPopup.setOutsideTouchable(mForceIgnoreOutsideTouch ? false : !mDropDownAlwaysVisible);
+
             mPopup.update(getDropDownAnchorView(), mDropDownHorizontalOffset,
                     mDropDownVerticalOffset, widthSpec, heightSpec);
         } else {
@@ -1170,7 +1174,7 @@
             
             // use outside touchable to dismiss drop down when touching outside of it, so
             // only set this if the dropdown is not always visible
-            mPopup.setOutsideTouchable(!mDropDownAlwaysVisible);
+            mPopup.setOutsideTouchable(mForceIgnoreOutsideTouch ? false : !mDropDownAlwaysVisible);
             mPopup.setTouchInterceptor(new PopupTouchIntercepter());
             mPopup.showAsDropDown(getDropDownAnchorView(),
                     mDropDownHorizontalOffset, mDropDownVerticalOffset);
@@ -1179,6 +1183,17 @@
             post(mHideSelector);
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Forces outside touches to be ignored. Normally if {@link #isDropDownAlwaysVisible()} is
+     * false, we allow outside touch to dismiss the dropdown. If this is set to true, then we
+     * ignore outside touch even when the drop down is not set to always visible.
+     * 
+     * @hide used only by SearchDialog
+     */
+    public void setForceIgnoreOutsideTouch(boolean forceIgnoreOutsideTouch) {
+        mForceIgnoreOutsideTouch = forceIgnoreOutsideTouch;
+    }
 
     /**
      * <p>Builds the popup window's content and returns the height the popup