how to implement search in custom listview in android?

Question

I have an edittext and a listview in my application my listview show contact list. I want listview filter with edittext. I searched a lot on google and found some examles bu

Answer 1

Android has an built in search bar feature .

• You can use this search bar to get input from the user .Can refer to this link link2
• Create an async task which will query your database/data to fetch matching results and populate the listview again

Step 1 Add the following in your manifest :

<application
            android:allowBackup="true"
            android:icon="@drawable/dolphin1"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
            <activity
                android:name="com.RareMediaCompany.MuditaBulkScanner.DocketListActivity"
                android:label="@string/app_name"
                android:launchMode="singleTop"
                android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
                </intent-filter>
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                </intent-filter>

                <meta-data
                    android:name="android.app.searchable"
                    android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
            </activity>

            <meta-data
                android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
                android:value="com.RareMediaCompany.MuditaBulkScanner.DocketListActivity" />
        </application>

Step2

onSearchRequested(); will call your search bar .You can add this in on click of your search button.

Step3 Simply call this function in your activity's on create :

private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {

         if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
            myList.clear();

            String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);

            new getQueryResultAndPopulateListTask(this, query).execute();
        }

    }

Answer 2

This one worked for me:

    @Override
    public void onTextChanged(CharSequence cs, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
           int textlength = cs.length();
           ArrayList<ContactStock> tempArrayList = new ArrayList<ContactStock>();
           for(ContactStock c: arraylist){
              if (textlength <= c.getName().length()) {
                 if (c.getName().toLowerCase().contains(cs.toString().toLowerCase())) {
                    tempArrayList.add(c);
                 }
              }
           }
           mAdapter = new ContactListAdapter(activity, tempArrayList);
           lv.setAdapter(mAdapter);
     }