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Is this within the guidelines or do you at least think it's an acceptable practice?
I'd like to use a persistent search bar, but my app necessitates a navigation drawer. I feel like it might be a bit weird to have the hamburger button and a search bar in a toolbar at the same time.
I'd say it's within the guidelines. The Google and Play Store apps both show the hamburger button inside the search bar.
I think what you want to do is within the guidelines and would be an acceptable practice. I have included two examples of what you could do as well as the example that @tehShane provided.
Example 1
You could extend the toolbar to include a persistent search bar like the example below. With the new Toolbar widget it is very easy to customise and extend your toolbar to suit your needs.
Example 2
You could have a persistent search bar that is anchored just below the toolbar like the example below.
Another approach would be to use a SearchView, here is an example of an app that uses a SearchView in the toolbar.
Either way it would be perfectly acceptable practice, of course you would want to test which solution is best for your app and your users.
