ArrayAdapter - filtering with multiple search terms

Question

I have recently added a bounty to this SO question, but realise the original question asks for a SimpleAdapter and not an ArrayAdapter. So, this question relates to the Arra

Answer 1

Sam has already given an excellent answer But there is one very short problem For example, if I wanted to search for "a thing", I might enter "thing a". This will not work. However, the code above contains a short section which tries to return the words 'in order'. And you need to make some changes in it to get the best solution.

 // First match against the whole, non-splitted value
    if (valueText.startsWith(prefixString)) {
        newValues.add(value);
    } else {
        // Break the prefix into "words"
        final String[] prefixes = prefixString.split(" ");
        final int prefixCount = prefixes.length;

        int loc;
        // Find the first "word" in prefix
        if(valueText.startsWith(prefixes[0]) || (loc = valueText.indexOf(' ' + prefixes[0])) > -1)
            loc = valueText.indexOf(prefixes[0]);

        // Find the following "words"
        for (int j = 1; j < prefixCount && loc > -1; j++) 
            loc = valueText.indexOf(prefixes[j]);

        // If every "word" is in this row, add it to the results
        if(loc > -1) 
            newValues.add(value);
    }

I have removed loc + 2 from Sam's answer this line

for (int j = 1; j < prefixCount && loc > -1; j++)
        loc = valueText.indexOf(' ' + prefixes[j], loc + 2);