Implementing Search functionality inside Android ListView.

Listing in android contains many features that make ListView a powerful tool. Android developer are very much aware from recycling of View inside BaseAdapter. This tutorial address the issue(or say requirement) of searching inside a ListView.
Concept roam around performing search operation on Array and redraw the ListView.
Let Do this step wise

Step 1) Create one simple User interface to handle requirement search

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >


    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/top"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:background="@drawable/search_input1" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnSearch"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
            android:background="@drawable/cancel_search" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnLeft"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
            android:background="@drawable/icon_search" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/edSearch"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="40dp"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/btnSearch"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/btnLeft"
            android:background="@null"
            android:hint="Search"
            android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
            android:singleLine="true" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/mListView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_below="@id/top"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"
        android:divider="@android:color/white"
        android:dividerHeight="2dp" >
    </ListView>

</RelativeLayout>

Step 2) Create One BaseAdapter to bind Data inside a ListView

package com.testsearching;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MySimpleSearchAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    private ArrayList<String> mData = new ArrayList<String>();
    private LayoutInflater mInflater;

    public MySimpleSearchAdapter(Activity activity) {
        mInflater = (LayoutInflater) activity
                .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    }

    public void addItem(String item) {
        mData.add(item);
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    public int getCount() {
        return mData.size();
    }

    public String getItem(int position) {
        return mData.get(position);
    }

    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        ViewHolder holder = null;
        if (convertView == null) {
            holder = new ViewHolder();
            convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.item_one, null);
            holder.textView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);
            convertView.setTag(holder);
        } else {
            holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
        }
        String str = mData.get(position);
        holder.textView.setText(str);
        return convertView;
    }

    public class ViewHolder {
        public TextView textView;
    }

}

Step 3) Now write the Search Logic inside your activity

package com.testsearching;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.text.TextWatcher;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.TextView.OnEditorActionListener;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class SearchFunctionality extends Activity implements OnClickListener,
        OnEditorActionListener, OnItemClickListener {
    ListView mListView;
    MySimpleSearchAdapter mAdapter;
    Button btnSearch, btnLeft;
    EditText mtxt;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_search);
        mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mListView);
        mAdapter = new MySimpleSearchAdapter(this);
        btnSearch = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnSearch);
        btnLeft = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnLeft);
        mtxt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edSearch);
        mtxt.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) {
                if (0 != mtxt.getText().length()) {
                    String spnId = mtxt.getText().toString();
                    setSearchResult(spnId);
                } else {
                    setData();
                }
            }
        });
        btnLeft.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnSearch.setOnClickListener(this);
        setData();
    }

    ArrayList<String> mAllData;

    String[] str = { "Hit me Hard", "GIJ, Rise Of Cobra", "Troy",
            "A walk To remember", "DDLJ", "Tom Peter Nmae", "David Miller",
            "Kings Eleven Punjab", "Kolkata Knight Rider", "Rest of Piece" };

    public void setData() {
        mAllData = new ArrayList<String>();
        mAdapter = new MySimpleSearchAdapter(this);
        for (int i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
            mAdapter.addItem(str[i]);
            mAllData.add(str[i]);
        }
        mListView.setOnItemClickListener(this);
        mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        switch (v.getId()) {
        case R.id.btnSearch:
            mtxt.setText("");
            setData();
            break;
        case R.id.btnLeft:

            break;
        }
    }

    public void setSearchResult(String str) {
        mAdapter = new MySimpleSearchAdapter(this);
        for (String temp : mAllData) {
            if (temp.toLowerCase().contains(str.toLowerCase())) {
                mAdapter.addItem(temp);
            }
        }
        mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBackPressed() {
        setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELED);
        finish();
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position,
            long arg3) {
        String str = mAdapter.getItem(position);
        Toast.makeText(this, str, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

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