[MaterialToolbar][SearchBar] Update AppCompat dependency to 1.7.0 stable and remove inflateMenu dispatch pausing now that the fix has landed in AppCompat

PiperOrigin-RevId: 738894593

Author: dsn5ft

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ androidGradlePlugin                  = "8.7.3"
 androidXActivity                     = "1.8.0"
 androidXAnnotation                   = "1.2.0"
 androidXAnnotationExperimental       = "1.0.0"
-androidXAppCompat                    = "1.6.1"
+androidXAppCompat                    = "1.7.0"
 androidXCardView                     = "1.0.0"
 androidXConstraintLayout             = "2.1.0"
 androidXCoordinatorLayout            = "1.1.0"

lib/java/com/google/android/material/appbar/MaterialToolbar.java

@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
-import androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuBuilder;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Pair;
-import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
@@ -125,19 +123,6 @@ public MaterialToolbar(@NonNull Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, i
     initBackground(context);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void inflateMenu(int i) {
-    // Pause dispatching item changes during inflation to improve performance.
-    Menu menu = getMenu();
-    if (menu instanceof MenuBuilder) {
-      ((MenuBuilder) menu).stopDispatchingItemsChanged();
-    }
-    super.inflateMenu(i);
-    if (menu instanceof MenuBuilder) {
-      ((MenuBuilder) menu).startDispatchingItemsChanged();
-    }
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
     super.onLayout(changed, left, top, right, bottom);

lib/java/com/google/android/material/search/SearchBar.java

@@ -36,14 +36,12 @@
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources;
-import androidx.appcompat.view.menu.MenuBuilder;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.ActionMenuView;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
-import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
@@ -370,16 +368,8 @@ private void setNavigationIconDecorative(boolean decorative) {
 
   @Override
   public void inflateMenu(@MenuRes int resId) {
-    // Pause dispatching item changes during inflation to improve performance.
-    Menu menu = getMenu();
-    if (menu instanceof MenuBuilder) {
-      ((MenuBuilder) menu).stopDispatchingItemsChanged();
-    }
     super.inflateMenu(resId);
     this.menuResId = resId;
-    if (menu instanceof MenuBuilder) {
-      ((MenuBuilder) menu).startDispatchingItemsChanged();
-    }
   }
 
   @Override