ListView, SimpleCursorAdapter, an an EditText filter — why won't it do anything?

Question

I\'d like to filter a SimpleCursorAdapter-driven ListView with an EditText box right above it. I have the following code, but when I type in the box, nothing happens; the fu

Answer 1

Try this way:

}  else  {
    String value = "%"+constraint.toString()+"%";

    return mDB.query(directoryPeople.PEOPLE_TABLE, asColumnsToReturn, "LAST_NAME like ? ", new String[]{value}, null, null, null);
}

I skipped the last argument because I don't know what it really should do:

"CASE WHEN LAST_NAME like '" + constraint.toString() + "%' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END, LAST_NAME"

Have you tried this query in shell in emulator?