I have a list of the users installed applications in a listview that I want to user to be able to search through using a search bar feature (editText). I get the listview as defined in my Utilities class here:
public static List getInstalledApplication(Context c) {
return c.getPackageManager().getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
}
Then I show the listview in my Drag_and_Drop_App.java:
package com.example.awesomefilebuilderwidget;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.text.TextWatcher;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemLongClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
public class Drag_and_Drop_App extends Activity {
private ListView mListAppInfo;
// Search EditText
EditText inputSearch;
AppInfoAdapter adapter;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// set layout for the main screen
setContentView(R.layout.drag_and_drop_app);
// import buttons
Button btnLinkToFeedback = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnLinkToFeedback);
// Link to Feedback Screen
btnLinkToFeedback.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
Feedback.class);
startActivity(i);
finish();
}
});
// create new adapter
AppInfoAdapter adapter = new AppInfoAdapter(this, Utilities.getInstalledApplication(this), getPackageManager());
// load list application
mListAppInfo = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.lvApps);
// set adapter to list view
mListAppInfo.setAdapter(adapter);
// search bar
inputSearch = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputSearch);
inputSearch.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence cs, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
// When user changed the Text
// Drag_and_Drop_App.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);
Drag_and_Drop_App.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,
int arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
// implement event when an item on list view is selected
mListAppInfo.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
// get the list adapter
AppInfoAdapter appInfoAdapter = (AppInfoAdapter)parent.getAdapter();
// get selected item on the list
ApplicationInfo appInfo = (ApplicationInfo)appInfoAdapter.getItem(pos);
// launch the selected application
Utilities.launchApp(parent.getContext(), getPackageManager(), appInfo.packageName);
}
});
// implement event when an item on list view is selected via long-click for drag and drop
mListAppInfo.setOnItemLongClickListener(new OnItemLongClickListener(){
@Override
public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView parent, View view,
int pos, long id) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// get the list adapter
AppInfoAdapter appInfoAdapter = (AppInfoAdapter)parent.getAdapter();
// get selected item on the list
ApplicationInfo appInfo = (ApplicationInfo)appInfoAdapter.getItem(pos);
// launch the selected application
Utilities.launchApp(parent.getContext(), getPackageManager(), appInfo.packageName);
return true;
}
});
}
}
To be more specific, I am creating the search function here:
// create new adapter
AppInfoAdapter adapter = new AppInfoAdapter(this, Utilities.getInstalledApplication(this), getPackageManager());
// load list application
mListAppInfo = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.lvApps);
// set adapter to list view
mListAppInfo.setAdapter(adapter);
// search bar
inputSearch = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputSearch);
inputSearch.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence cs, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
// When user changed the Text
// Drag_and_Drop_App.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);
Drag_and_Drop_App.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,
int arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
I get an error on this line:
Drag_and_Drop_App.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);
Saying that "getFilter()" is undefined in AppInfoAdapter:
package com.example.awesomefilebuilderwidget;
IMPORTS
public class AppInfoAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private Context mContext;
private List mListAppInfo;
private PackageManager mPackManager;
public AppInfoAdapter(Context c, List list, PackageManager pm) {
mContext = c;
mListAppInfo = list;
mPackManager = pm;
}
@Override
public int getCount() {
return mListAppInfo.size();
}
@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
return mListAppInfo.get(position);
}
@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
// get the selected entry
ApplicationInfo entry = (ApplicationInfo) mListAppInfo.get(position);
// reference to convertView
View v = convertView;
// inflate new layout if null
if(v == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(mContext);
v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_appinfo, null);
}
// load controls from layout resources
ImageView ivAppIcon = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.ivIcon);
TextView tvAppName = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.tvName);
TextView tvPkgName = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.tvPack);
// set data to display
ivAppIcon.setImageDrawable(entry.loadIcon(mPackManager));
tvAppName.setText(entry.loadLabel(mPackManager));
tvPkgName.setText(entry.packageName);
// return view
return v;
}
@Override
public Filter getFilter() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return filter;
}
}
So, I looked around and noticed that I would have to create my own filter so I created the filter_here class:
package com.example.awesomefilebuilderwidget;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.widget.Filter;
public class filter_here extends Filter{
@Override
protected FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence constraint) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
FilterResults Result = new FilterResults();
// if constraint is empty return the original names
if(constraint.length() == 0 ){
Result.values = Original_Names;
Result.count = Original_Names.size();
return Result;
}
ArrayList<String> Filtered_Names = new ArrayList<String>();
String filterString = constraint.toString().toLowerCase();
String filterableString;
for(int i = 0; i<Original_Names.size(); i++){
filterableString = Original_Names.get(i);
if(filterableString.toLowerCase().contains(filterString)){
Filtered_Names.add(filterableString);
}
}
Result.values = Filtered_Names;
Result.count = Filtered_Names.size();
return Result;
}
@Override
protected void publishResults(CharSequence constraint,FilterResults results) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Names = (ArrayList<String>) results.values;
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
The issue is that many things in this class are undefined (I got this from another stackoverflow search but lost the link).
Is there a better filter class that I can use?