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androidsearchlistviewlistactivity
shashi
shashi

Reputation: 159

add search for list on android!

hello iam a novice to android app development i recently leant how to implement list activity i have a application which shows the all states of USA

now i have to add a simple search facility to this app when required state name is typed it shud display the state name and print a msg when it doesn't find suitable name!!

 package shashi.android.Statelist;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

public class Statelist extends ListActivity {
 String[] listofstates = {     "Alabama: AL",
      "Alaska: AK",
      "Arizona: AZ",
      "Arkansas: AR",
      "California: CA",
      "Colorado: CO",
      "Connecticut: CT",
      "Delaware: DE",
      "Florida: FL",
      "Georgia: GA",
      "Hawaii: HI",
      "Idaho: ID",
      "Illinois: IL",
      "Indiana: IN",
      "Iowa: IA",
      "Kansas: KS",
      "Kentucky: KY",
      "Louisiana: LA",
      "Maine: ME",
      "Maryland: MD",
      "Massachusetts: MA",
      "Michigan: MI",
      "Minnesota: MN",
      "Mississippi: MS",
      "Missouri: MO",
      "Montana: MT",
      "Nebraska: NE",
      "Nevada: NV",
      "New Hampshire: NH",
      "New Jersey: NJ",
      "New Mexico: NM",
      "New York: NY",
      "North Carolina: NC",
      "North Dakota: ND",
      "Ohio: OH",
      "Oklahoma: OK",
      "Oregon: OR",
      "Pennsylvania: PA",
      "Rhode Island: RI",
      "South Carolina: SC",
      "South Dakota: SD",
      "Tennessee: TN",
      "Texas: TX",
      "Utah: UT",
      "Vermont: VT",
      "Virginia: VA",
      "Washington: WA",
      "West Virginia: WV",
      "Wisconsin: WI",
      "Wyoming: WY"
 };

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //setContentView(R.layout.main);
        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, 
          android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, listofstates));
    }
}

the search i need. e.g.: to retrieve the typed text and return my search response

So, basically i need just the design, not it's functionality.

Can someone tell me if i can use this bar only for my personal data, not a general search from internet or the hole phone, and i would appreciate link for a simple and clear tutorial, because i couldn't found anything concrete till now.

like only the result for finding the typed text or else printing the "result not found" msg

thanks in advance!!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3580

Answers (1)

Bert F
Bert F

Reputation: 87533

Take a look at AutoCompleteTextView:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AutoCompleteTextView.html

Tutorial:

http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-autocomplete.html

Auto Complete

To create a text entry widget that provides auto-complete suggestions, use the AutoCompleteTextView widget. Suggestions are received from a collection of strings associated with the widget through an ArrayAdapter.

In this tutorial, you will create a AutoCompleteTextView widget that provides suggestions for a country name.

Upvotes: 3

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