I have a AutoCompleteTextView which gives user auto-completion search result from Google Places API. Once I was done I discovered SearchView and how it can be placed in the ActionBar. I checked out the SearchView example provided by google and added it to my application as a starting point (it lists the installed applications) but I don´t know how to proceed from here. I want to have the same functionality as AutoCompleteTextView but use the SearchView instead.
Any suggestion?
The whole class is provided below.
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.app.SearchableInfo;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.text.TextWatcher;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SearchView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
/**
*
* @author
*
*/
public class PlacesListSearchActivity extends Activity implements SearchView.OnQueryTextListener{
private static final String TAG = "PlacesListActivity";
private ResultReceiver mReceiver;
private OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener sharedPreferencesListener;
private SharedPreferences sharedPreferences;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
public ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
public AutoCompleteTextView textView;
private SearchView mSearchView;
private TextView mStatusView;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
setContentView(R.layout.places_search);
mStatusView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.status_text);
final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.item_list);
textView = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.autoCompleteTextView1);
adapter.setNotifyOnChange(true);
textView.setHint("type store name");
textView.setAdapter(adapter);
textView.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
if (count%3 == 1) {
adapter.clear();
GetPlaces task = new GetPlaces();
//now pass the argument in the textview to the task
task.execute(textView.getText().toString());
}
}
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
}
});
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.searchview_in_menu, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
mSearchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
setupSearchView(searchItem);
return true;
}
private void setupSearchView(MenuItem searchItem) {
if (isAlwaysExpanded()) {
mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
} else {
searchItem.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM
| MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
}
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
if (searchManager != null) {
List<SearchableInfo> searchables = searchManager.getSearchablesInGlobalSearch();
// Try to use the "applications" global search provider
SearchableInfo info = searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName());
for (SearchableInfo inf : searchables) {
if (inf.getSuggestAuthority() != null
&& inf.getSuggestAuthority().startsWith("applications")) {
info = inf;
}
}
mSearchView.setSearchableInfo(info);
}
mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
}
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
mStatusView.setText("Query = " + newText);
return false;
}
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
mStatusView.setText("Query = " + query + " : submitted");
return false;
}
public boolean onClose() {
mStatusView.setText("Closed!");
return false;
}
protected boolean isAlwaysExpanded() {
return false;
}
class GetPlaces extends AsyncTask<String, Void, ArrayList<String>> {
@Override
// three dots is java for an array of strings
protected ArrayList<String> doInBackground(String... args)
{
Log.d("PlacesListActivity", "doInBackground");
ArrayList<String> predictionsArr = new ArrayList<String>();
try
{
URL googlePlaces = new URL(
"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json?input=" +
URLEncoder.encode(args[0], "UTF-8") +
// "&types=geocode&language=en&sensor=true&key=" + SEARCHES FOR GEO CODES
"&types=establishment&language=en&sensor=true&key=" +
getResources().getString(R.string.googleAPIKey));
Log.d("PlacesListActivity", googlePlaces.toString());
URLConnection tc = googlePlaces.openConnection();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
tc.getInputStream()));
String line;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
//take Google's legible JSON and turn it into one big string.
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
//turn that string into a JSON object
JSONObject predictions = new JSONObject(sb.toString());
//now get the JSON array that's inside that object
JSONArray ja = new JSONArray(predictions.getString("predictions"));
for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i++) {
JSONObject jo = (JSONObject) ja.get(i);
//add each entry to our array
predictionsArr.add(jo.getString("description"));
}
} catch (IOException e)
{
Log.e("PlacesListActivity", "GetPlaces : doInBackground", e);
} catch (JSONException e)
{
Log.e("PlacesListActivity", "GetPlaces : doInBackground", e);
}
return predictionsArr;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(ArrayList<String> result){
Log.d("PlacesListActivity", "onPostExecute : " + result.size());
//update the adapter
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getBaseContext(), R.layout.item_list);
adapter.setNotifyOnChange(true);
//attach the adapter to textview
textView.setAdapter(adapter);
for (String string : result) {
Log.d("PlacesListActivity", "onPostExecute : result = " + string);
adapter.add(string);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
Log.d("PlacesListActivity", "onPostExecute : autoCompleteAdapter" + adapter.getCount());
}
}
}
After updating the code suggested by saxman, I can see that the query method in the provider is never called:
My manifest file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.rathinavelu.rea"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="7"
android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".PlacesListActivity" >
</activity>
<activity android:name=".PlacesListSearchActivity" >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
</activity>
<activity android:name=".TestMapActivity" >
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SettingsPreferencesActivity" >
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.rathinavelu.util.ConnectionChecker" >
</activity>
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
<service
android:name=".places.PlacesRESTService"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="false" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_SYNC" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<provider
android:name=".places.PlacesSuggestionProvider"
android:authorities="com.rathinavelu.rea.places.search_suggestion_provider"
android:syncable="false" />
</application>
</manifest>
I use the same authority in the manifest, content provider and manifest file. I see the searchView in the menu and I have not modified the query method so It should just return the one line cursor. but the query method is never called. please help.
Another issue I just spotted is that the searchView does not show the specified search_hint!
Providing more code
*PlacesListSearchActivity.java*
public class PlacesListSearchActivity extends Activity {
private static final String TAG = "PlacesListSearchActivity";
private ResultReceiver mReceiver;
private OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener sharedPreferencesListener;
private SharedPreferences sharedPreferences;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
public ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
public AutoCompleteTextView textView;
private SearchView mSearchView;
private TextView mStatusView;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
setContentView(R.layout.places_search);
mStatusView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.status_text);
final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.item_list);
textView = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.autoCompleteTextView1);
adapter.setNotifyOnChange(true);
textView.setHint("type store name");
textView.setAdapter(adapter);
textView.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
if (count%3 == 1) {
adapter.clear();
GetPlaces task = new GetPlaces();
//now pass the argument in the textview to the task
task.execute(textView.getText().toString());
}
}
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
}
});
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
// Inflate the options menu from XML
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.places_list_search_options_menu, menu);
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
// Tells your app's SearchView to use this activity's searchable configuration
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false); // Do not iconify the widget; expand it by default
// setupSearchView(searchItem);
return true;
}
places_search.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#dddddd">
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/autoCompleteTextView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp" >
<requestFocus></requestFocus>
</AutoCompleteTextView>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/status_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"/>
</RelativeLayout>
places_list_search_options_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="@+id/menu_search"
android:title="@string/menu_search"
android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
searchable.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:hint="@string/search_hint"
android:searchSuggestAuthority="com.rathinavelu.rea.places.search_suggestion_provider">
</searchable>
PlacesSuggestionProvider.java
public class PlacesSuggestionProvider extends ContentProvider {
private static final String LOG_TAG = "PlacesSuggestionProvider";
public static final String AUTHORITY = "com.rathinavelu.rea.places.search_suggestion_provider";
public static final Uri CONTENT_URI = Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY + "/search");
// UriMatcher constant for search suggestions
private static final int SEARCH_SUGGEST = 1;
private static final UriMatcher uriMatcher;
private static final String[] SEARCH_SUGGEST_COLUMNS = {
BaseColumns._ID,
SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_TEXT_1,
SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_TEXT_2,
SearchManager.SUGGEST_COLUMN_INTENT_DATA_ID
};
static {
uriMatcher = new UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH);
uriMatcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, SearchManager.SUGGEST_URI_PATH_QUERY, SEARCH_SUGGEST);
uriMatcher.addURI(AUTHORITY, SearchManager.SUGGEST_URI_PATH_QUERY + "/*", SEARCH_SUGGEST);
}
@Override
public int delete(Uri uri, String arg1, String[] arg2) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
@Override
public String getType(Uri uri) {
switch (uriMatcher.match(uri)) {
case SEARCH_SUGGEST:
return SearchManager.SUGGEST_MIME_TYPE;
default:
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown URL " + uri);
}
}
@Override
public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues arg1) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
@Override
public boolean onCreate() {
return true;
}
@Override
public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs,
String sortOrder) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "query = " + uri);
// Use the UriMatcher to see what kind of query we have
switch (uriMatcher.match(uri)) {
case SEARCH_SUGGEST:
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Search suggestions requested.");
MatrixCursor cursor = new MatrixCursor(SEARCH_SUGGEST_COLUMNS, 1);
cursor.addRow(new String[] {
"1", "Search Result", "Search Result Description", "content_id"
});
return cursor;
default:
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Uri: " + uri);
}
}
@Override
public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues arg1, String arg2, String[] arg3) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
}
To get Places Autocomplete API results in a SearchView, you’ll first need a ContentProvider for the API.
Then add your Places Autocomplete API client code into the query method on the content provider. You extract the user input as follows:
Add the PlacesSuggestionProvider to your AndroidManifest, and make sure your activity has a searchable configuration.
And make sure your searchable configuration (res/xml/searchable.xml) has a search suggest authority.
The authority should be the same in AndroidManifest.xml, searchable.xml, and your content provider.
Create a options menu for your ActionBar that includes a SearchView (/res/menu/options_menu.xml).
Configure your Activity with a SearchView that’s associated with your searchable configuration/
A few key docs are:
Adding Custom Suggestions:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/adding-custom-suggestions.html
Creating a Content Provider:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-provider-creating.html
Using a Search Widget:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/search/search-dialog.html#UsingSearchWidget