Using an EditText to filter a SimpleCursorAdapter-backed ListView

Question

I have a ListView with a custom item layout backed by a SimpleCursorAdapter. I\'d like the user to be able to type text into an EditText box and have the ListView automatica

Answer 1

Finally managed to solve the issue! Answer can be found here: ListView, SimpleCursorAdapter, an an EditText filter -- why won't it do anything?

Answer 2

well it's much more like arrayAdapter here is sample code

public class ListViewFilter extends Activity {
private ItemDatabaseHelper itemData;
private SimpleCursorAdapter sc;

/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    itemData=new ItemDatabaseHelper(this);
    Cursor c=itemData.getAllValues(); 

    sc=new 
        SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.list_items, c, new String[]{itemData.VALUE}, new int[]{R.id.txtItem});
    ListView lv=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.lstItems);
    lv.setAdapter(sc);
    sc.setFilterQueryProvider(new FilterQueryProvider() {

        @Override
        public Cursor runQuery(CharSequence constraint) {
            String partialValue = constraint.toString();
            return itemData.getAllSuggestedValues(partialValue);

        }
    });
    EditText etext=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.etxtItemName);
    etext.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

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


        }

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


        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            sc.getFilter().filter(s.toString());

        }
    });
}

}

and two xml files are listed below

main.xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
<EditText  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:id="@+id/etxtItemName"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    />
<ListView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:id="@+id/lstItems"
    android:layout_below="@+id/etxtItemName"
    />
</RelativeLayout>

and list_item.xml is

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/txtItem"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent">
</TextView>

Hope this will help you