How to text filter an Android ListView backed by a SimpleCursorAdapter?

Question

I have a ListView that is backed by a SimpleCursorAdapter.

I\'d like to be able to filter the list like you would a contacts list, just by typing, and I came across

Answer 1

i found this article helpful http://androidcookbook.oreilly.com/Recipe.seam;jsessionid=CE37400B3E545937B70BE2E9F94E78BB?recipeId=404

basically, you setTextFilterEnabled(true) on your listview, and you use setStringConversionColumn() and setFilterQueryProvider() on your SimpleCursorAdapter.