Android: How to text filter a listview based on a simplecursoradapter?

Question

I have a ListView that is backed by a SimpleCursorAdapter.

I'd like to be able to filter the list like you would a contacts list, just by typing, and I came across the textFilterEnabled()

Problem is, I couldn't see how to get it to work with a SimpleCursorAdapter.

Is this even possible?
If so, how is it done?

Answer 1

The setTextFilterEnabled() method doesn't automatically implement filtering, as it doesn't know what in your Cursor the text should be filtered against.

This android-developers thread has more details.

Actually, there was a good question asked the other day, which actually is very similar to your question; though it originally was asking how to handle filtering when there is no physical keyboard on a device:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1737009/answer-to-making-a-nice-looking-listview-filter-on-android