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Make the SearchView do searches

I have a SearchView up and ready, here is the code I use in the java file of the page that has the SearchView:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(
new ComponentName(getApplicationContext(), SearchableActivity.class)));
return true;
}
My goal is now to let this SearchView search through a site full of TextViews. Every TextView contains one word. Is it possible to make the SearchView find the TextView that contains the word i just typed in? If so, how? If not, how can I make it happen in another way?
Kind regards,
Julian

The SearchView doesn't do any search at all, it's a simple widget for inputting the keywords, show recently used keywords, etc. You should implement your "search model" to find the content, and display it somewhere you want.

I guess what you are trying to do is search through text inside TextViews defined inside your layout.
I am assuming here that the text source is a String Array/ArrayList (TextViewData) in a file "Data.java.
You can give this a try:
1) Make the activity/fragment implement SearchView.OnQueryTextListener
2) Create an empty ArrayList to store search entry results.
private ArrayList<Data> mSearchItems
3) Add this line to the code where you initialize your SearchView
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
4) Override the following methods:
i) Method called on submit:
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
//Call a user defined mathod to handle the search.
handleSearch(query, Data.TextViewData)
}
ii) Method called on changing the text in the search box
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
handleSearch(query, Data.TextViewData)
}
5)
private void handleSearch(String Query, ArrayList<Data> queryList){
mSearchItems.clear();
for(Data data : queryList){
if(data.textviewone.toLowerCase().contains(Query.toLowerCase()) ||
data.textviewtwo.toLowerCase().contains(Query.toLowerCase()))
mSearchItems.add(data);
//You can then swap the recycler view (if being used) or hide other text views and display only the one being searched for (in case of a match)
}
}

#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search));
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Activity.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
// Setting up custom search button icon
int searchImgId = android.support.v7.appcompat.R.id.search_button; // I used the explicit layout ID of searchview's ImageView
ImageView v = (ImageView) searchView.findViewById(searchImgId);
v.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_search_black);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
// Do operation
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return false;
}
});
return true;
}
menu_search.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_search"
style="#android:style/Widget.ActionButton"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search_black"
android:title="#string/search"
appcompat:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
appcompat:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>

Show dropdown when onQueryTextChange

I have added a searchView in my toolbar and I would like to show a dropdown as android does with the AutoCompleteTextView.
So basically I want to display a list of result and change it while the user is typing. I have added already a function to filter my results, but I have no clue how to show the dropdown in the list using my searchView.
Take a look the code below:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_subs, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener(){
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
//TODO: Implement dropdown
_list = _repository.filterItems(newText);
return false;
}
});
return true;
}
NOTE: something like in the image, I want to show my results(list of strings) in the dropdown.
any idea?
Thanks!

you should add this code in your onCreateOptionsMenu
SearchAutoComplete autoCompleteTextView = (SearchAutoComplete) searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_src_text);
if (autoCompleteTextView != null) {
autoCompleteTextView.setDropDownBackgroundResource(R.drawable.abc_search_dropdown_light);
}
For more information check this link
How to build Gmail like search box in the action bar?

Android SearchView: Show suggestions in a custom view, not listview

I am implementing a searchview for my app. Here is how i set my searchview:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
this.menu = menu;
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
loadHistory(query);
return true;
}
});
return true;
}
I want to show search suggestions to user when user starts typing. I can do this using a listview:
private void loadHistory(String query) {
// query db etc...
SearchManager manager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
final SearchView search = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
search.setSuggestionsAdapter(new ExampleAdapter(this, cursor, items));
}
But suppose I do not want to show search suggestions as a listview, and show them in a custom view, where I can add some more stuff to my layout other then just search suggestions. For example, I want to show the following custom view instead of suggested searches listview:
How can I do that? There is a function for setting suggestions adapter, setSuggestionsAdapter(adapter), but I could not find a function like setCustomSuggestionsView(view).
Thanks.

I think what you need is a recycler view for your results. Please see this answer for more information. A recycler view gives you all the freedom layout wise. To use more viewtypes see this post. Hope this helps. I am not familliar enough with your case from your description.

How can I make my SearchView remember previous searches like how it is in the Play Market?

I want a drop down to display under the search view when clicked containing a list of previous searches
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.categories, menu);
// Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search)
.getActionView();
searchView.setQueryHint("Search All Categories");
final AppListAdapter adapterAllApps = new AppListAdapter(
CategoryListActivity.this, R.layout.app_row, catList);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
....

You might want to use a
AutoCompleteTextView
to do this and then add a searchable content provider.
have a look at this :
Turn AutoCompleteTextView into a SearchView in ActionBar instead

android.support.v4.widget.SearchViewCompat example?

I am trying to use SearchViewCompat with ActionBarSherlock in an API 8 app.
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuItem item = menu.add("Search")
.setIcon(isLight ? R.drawable.ic_search_inverse : R.drawable.ic_search)
.setActionView(R.layout.collapsible_edittext);
item.setShowAsAction(
MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS |
MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
// To use SearchViewCompat, I need to add it to the Menu item as well:
View searchView = SearchViewCompat.newSearchView(this);
// ...
SearchViewCompat.setOnQueryTextListener(...);
// ...
item.setActionView(searchView);
Please note that both the top and bottom code needs to call setActionView(). Does that mean it is not possible to do search?

If you are using the ActionBarSherlock Library ver 4.2, you can replace the API 11 SearchView Widget with a ActionBarSherlock SearchView Widget to make it backward compatible:
search.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/menu_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/description_search"
android:orderInCategory="0"
android:actionViewClass="com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView" />
</menu>
Activity class
//IMPORTANT!!!
import com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView;
...
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.search, menu);
setupSearchMenuItem(menu);
return true;
}
private void setupSearchMenuItem(Menu menu) {
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search);
if (searchItem != null) {
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
if (searchView != null) {
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
}
}
}
}

What is the actual problem? SearchViewCompat will return null for pre-HC devices since the SearchView widget does not exist. This means you will have to provide your own custom action view that imitates the HC SearchView.
You can also backport the SearchView component from the Android sources and use that.
Otherwise, you can just use the existing search interfaces Android has, in which case for HC+ devices you use the action view to perform a search but on Froyo and Gingerbread devices the user clicks on the search icon and a search bar animates from the top.
Hope this helps.

At some point in your Activity:
public class HomeActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity implements
SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
// ...
SearchView searchView = (com.actionbarsherlock.widget.SearchView)
actionBarCustom.findViewById(R.id.search);
SearchManager sm = (SearchManager)getSystemService(SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(sm.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled(true);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
And then filter your list adapter:
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
mAdapter.getFilter().filter(newText.trim());
return false;
}
This way, your list adapter must implement filterable.

Better to use MenuItemCompat,I think this is helpful for you
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
SearchManager searchManager =(SearchManager)getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView)MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);
SearchableInfo info = searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName());
searchView.setSearchableInfo(info);