I have a list view with a list item, which has few text views and a checkbox. Using action bar search, I need to filter out the list by a text view value.
This is my list which I need to filter by "Priority".
This is the method I used to filter the list from the data adopter.
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
SearchView.OnQueryTextListener textChangeListener = new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener()
{
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText)
{
// this is your adapter that will be filtered
dataAdapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
System.out.println("on text chnge text: "+newText);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query)
{
// this is your adapter that will be filtered
dataAdapter.getFilter().filter(query);
System.out.println("on query submit: "+query);
return true;
}
};
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(textChangeListener);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
I have set the dataAdopter to my listview which contains few elements, i.e 3 text views and a check box.
// create an ArrayAdaptar from the String Array
dataAdapter = new MyCustomAdapter(this, R.layout.task_info, taskList);
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
// Assign adapter to ListView
listView.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
But when I set the adapter in the following way; using just a string array of values, the filtering happens without any issues
String[] dataArray = new String[] {"High","Medium", "Low", "Medium", "High", "Low","High"};
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);
myAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, dataArray);
listView.setAdapter(myAdapter);
Is there any method that I can use to filter the list by the value of a text view inside a list item? Or is there any alternative method to implement the desired functionality.
the most efficient way is to implement a filter on your adapter. For this you must implement the interface Filterable (implements Filterable). Then implement the method getFilter like this.
@Override
public Filter getFilter() {
return new Filter() {
@Override
protected FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence charSequence) {
List<Object> filteredResult = getFilteredResults(charSequence);
FilterResults results = new FilterResults();
results.values = filteredResult;
results.count = filteredResult.size();
return results;
}
@Override
protected void publishResults(CharSequence charSequence, FilterResults filterResults) {
listaFiltrada = (ArrayList<Documento>) filterResults.values;
MyAdapter.this.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
private ArrayList<Object> getFilteredResults(CharSequence constraint){
if (constraint.length() == 0){
return listaDocumentos;
}
ArrayList<Object> listResult = new ArrayList<Object>();
for (Object obj : listaTotal){
if (condition){
listResult.add(obj);
}
}
return listResult;
}
};
}
Finally, in your Fragment or Activity, in the method onCreateOptionsMenu get the EditText (search) and add this:
final EditText editText = (EditText) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_buscar).getActionView();
editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i2, int i3) {
}
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i2, int i3) {
if (myAdapter != null) {
myAdapter.getFilter().filter(charSequence);
}
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
}
});
Hope it helps you :)