How can I filter ListView data when typing on EditText in android

Question

I have a ListView and a EditText. How can I filter ListView data when typing on EditText?

Answer 1

Yes you can, just implement this code. Use the following code to implement search and filter list in android:

SearchAndFilterList.java

public class SearchAndFilterList extends Activity {

    private ListView mSearchNFilterLv;

    private EditText mSearchEdt;

    private ArrayList mStringList;

    private ValueAdapter valueAdapter;

    private TextWatcher mSearchTw;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_search_and_filter_list);

        initUI();

        initData();

        valueAdapter=new ValueAdapter(mStringList,this);

        mSearchNFilterLv.setAdapter(valueAdapter);

        mSearchEdt.addTextChangedListener(mSearchTw);


    }
    private void initData() {

        mStringList=new ArrayList();

        mStringList.add("one");

        mStringList.add("two");

        mStringList.add("three");

        mStringList.add("four");

        mStringList.add("five");

        mStringList.add("six");

        mStringList.add("seven");

        mStringList.add("eight");

        mStringList.add("nine");

        mStringList.add("ten");

        mStringList.add("eleven");

        mStringList.add("twelve");

        mStringList.add("thirteen");

        mStringList.add("fourteen");

        mSearchTw=new TextWatcher() {

            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

                valueAdapter.getFilter().filter(s);
            }

            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
                    int after) {

            }

            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

            }
        };

    }

    private void initUI() {

        mSearchNFilterLv=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_view);

        mSearchEdt=(EditText) findViewById(R.id.txt_search);
    }

}

Custom Value adapter: ValueAdapter.java

public class ValueAdapter extends BaseAdapter implements Filterable{

private ArrayList mStringList;

private ArrayList mStringFilterList;

private LayoutInflater mInflater;

private ValueFilter valueFilter;

public ValueAdapter(ArrayList mStringList,Context context) {

    this.mStringList=mStringList;

    this.mStringFilterList=mStringList;

    mInflater=LayoutInflater.from(context);

    getFilter();
}

//How many items are in the data set represented by this Adapter.
@Override
public int getCount() {

    return mStringList.size();
}

//Get the data item associated with the specified position in the data set.
@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {

    return mStringList.get(position);
}

//Get the row id associated with the specified position in the list.
@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {

    return position;
}

//Get a View that displays the data at the specified position in the data set.
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

    Holder viewHolder;

    if(convertView==null) {

        viewHolder=new Holder();

        convertView=mInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item,null);

        viewHolder.nameTv=(TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.txt_listitem);

        convertView.setTag(viewHolder);

    }else{

        viewHolder=(Holder)convertView.getTag();
    }

        viewHolder.nameTv.setText(mStringList.get(position).toString());

        return convertView;
}

private class  Holder{

    TextView nameTv;
}

//Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.
@Override
public Filter getFilter() {

    if(valueFilter==null) {

        valueFilter=new ValueFilter();
    }

    return valueFilter;
}


private class ValueFilter extends Filter {


    //Invoked in a worker thread to filter the data according to the constraint.
    @Override
    protected FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence constraint) {

        FilterResults results=new FilterResults();

        if(constraint!=null && constraint.length()>0){

            ArrayList filterList=new ArrayList();

            for(int i=0;i) results.values;

        notifyDataSetChanged();


    }

}

activity_search_and_filter_list.xml

list_item.xml

AndroidManifext.xml

I hope this code will will helpful to implement custom search and filter listview.