Search in Custom Listview in Android | Android Custom Search | Custom Listview

Hello Friends ,

Today , I am Sharing my code my code with the help of which we can easily implements the
search functionality on listview or on a custom list view.

android search bar

Search  icon inside edit text 

1. Create a new project in Eclipse File New ⇒ Android ⇒ Application Project and fill the required details.
2. Create required files needed to generate a list view. I am using my default activity_main.xml as list view and created a new xml file for single list item named listview.xml. 
activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <EditText

        android:id="@+id/EditText01"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"      

        android:hint="Search" >

    </EditText>

    <ListView

        android:id="@+id/ListView01"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    </ListView>

</LinearLayout>

listview.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@android:color/background_dark"
    android:gravity="left|center"
    android:paddingBottom="5px"
    android:paddingLeft="5px"
    android:paddingTop="5px" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/TextView01"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10px"
        android:textColor="#0099CC"
        android:textSize="20px"
        android:textStyle="bold" >
    </TextView>

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.mukesh.customsearch;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.text.TextWatcher;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 EditText edittext;
 ListView listview;

 String[] text = { "One", "HTC One X", "Samsung Galaxy S3", "Samsung 

         Galaxy Note 800", "HTC Sense", "HTC Sensation XE", "HTC Wildfire S",
   "HTC Wildfire", "Wildfire S", "HTC" };

 int textlength = 0;

 ArrayList<String> text_sort = new ArrayList<String>();
 ArrayList<Integer> image_sort = new ArrayList<Integer>();

 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

  edittext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.EditText01);
  listview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.ListView01);
  listview.setAdapter(new CustomAdapter(text));

  edittext.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {

   public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

   }

   public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,                                 int count,
     int after) {

   }

   public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int                                       before,
     int count) {

    textlength = edittext.getText().length();
    text_sort.clear();
    image_sort.clear();

    for (int i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
     if (textlength <= text[i].length()) {
      if (edittext
        .getText()
        .toString()
        .equalsIgnoreCase                                                                    (
          (                                                                  String) text[i]                                     .subSequence(0,textlength))) {
       text_sort.add(text[i]);
      }
     }
    }

    listview.setAdapter(new CustomAdapter(text_sort));

   }
  });
 }

 class CustomAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

  String[] data_text;

  CustomAdapter() {

  }

  CustomAdapter(String[] text) {
   data_text = text;
  }

  CustomAdapter(ArrayList<String> text) {

   data_text = new String[text.size()];

   for (int i = 0; i < text.size(); i++) {
    data_text[i] = text.get(i);
   }

  }

  public int getCount() {
   return data_text.length;
  }

  public String getItem(int position) {
   return null;
  }

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

  public View getView(int position, View convertView,

                                         ViewGroup parent) {

   LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
   View row;

   row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.listview, parent, false);

   TextView textview = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.Text                                               View01);

   textview.setText(data_text[position]);

   return (row);

  }
 }

}

Enjoy Coding :)

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