Android Adding Search Functionality to ListView
Adding search functionality to listview will filters the list data with a matching string, hence provides user an easy way to find the information he needs.
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<!-- Editext for Search -->
<EditText android:id="@+id/inputSearch"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Search products.."
android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"/>
<!-- List View -->
<ListView
android:id="@+id/list_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
list_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<!-- Single ListItem -->
<!-- Product Name -->
<TextView android:id="@+id/product_name"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dip"
android:textSize="16dip"
android:textStyle="bold"/>
</LinearLayout>
MainActivity.java
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.text.TextWatcher;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
// List view
private ListView lv;
// Listview Adapter
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
// Search EditText
EditText inputSearch;
// ArrayList for Listview
ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> productList;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Listview Data
String products[] = {"Dell Inspiron", "HTC One X", "HTC Wildfire S", "HTC Sense", "HTC Sensation XE",
"iPhone 4S", "Samsung Galaxy Note 800",
"Samsung Galaxy S3", "MacBook Air", "Mac Mini", "MacBook Pro"};
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_view);
inputSearch = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputSearch);
// Adding items to listview
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item, R.id.product_name, products);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);
/**
* Enabling Search Filter
* */
inputSearch.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence cs, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
// When user changed the Text
MainActivity.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,
int arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
}
}
