CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaandroidsearchandroid-edittext
NightSkyCode
NightSkyCode

Reputation: 1141

onTextChanged, cant get it to work right

Hey guys I need my search function to act like the contacts. I'm retrieving my list of participants from a server and I rebuild it when the user searches to get there results. Hoover i can only get it to work when they enter their full first name.. Let me show you my code. Ive tried a lot of combinations. any idea? This is a donation app for the child hunger alliance. =]

this is just in a for loop to add each name fyi

if (searchQ.contains(child.first_name.toLowerCase()) 
|| searchQ.matches(child.last_name.toLowerCase()) {

 id = child.id;
 addChildToList(child); 

 }

 if (searchQ.matches("")){
    addChildToList(child);


 }

here is my textwatcher

public void searchChild(){
    final EditText ET = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search);


    // create the TextWatcher
    TextWatcher textWatcher = new TextWatcher() {

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i1, int i2) {



            // Rebuilds the list
            String searchQ = ET.getText().toString();
             getChildrenListSearch(searchQ);


        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
            // Remove rows that do no match
            TableLayout tl = (TableLayout)findViewById(R.id.childList); 
            tl.removeAllViews();


        }
    };

    //we must add the textWatcher to our EditText
    ET.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher);

    }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 116

Answers (1)

Ryan S
Ryan S

Reputation: 4567

Other way around... 

if (searchQ.contains(child.first_name.toLowerCase()) 
    || searchQ.matches(child.last_name.toLowerCase()) {

     id = child.id;
     addChildToList(child); 

     }

to this...

if (child.first_name.toLowerCase().contains(searchQ) 
        || searchQ.matches(child.last_name.toLowerCase()) {

         id = child.id;
         addChildToList(child); 

         }

Upvotes: 1

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