android-searchmanager

Does the Quick Search Box search the database in Android? how?

i have an database with the values of latitude and longitude. i would need to search those values depends on the user input. does the quick search box can search only the database value with the type-to-search feature. Else i want to put a separate EditText and then do the the search process.. if QSB is possible then how to do that? i wa...

Suggestions on search in android?

i can implement the QSB on my app using onSearchRequested() method.i have 4 column in my table. when i was type in the QSB. it will give some suggestions on the Suggestion window. how to do that? searchable dictionary example shows the dictionary provider class to retrive the suggestions. but on that no data inserted. then how they getti...

When is it necessary to use single-top launchMode in an android widget or application?

I just got burned by a widget. I could see the cause of the problem, but I could not determine why or its solution. My widget was issuing a search (SearchManager) and the activity launched a search dialog, but when it called-back to my widget, it created another reference to the widget (i.e., the thread-id was the same, but the widget-...

How do I inform the search suggestions view of the DPI of my images displayed as thumbnails?

I have an activity which uses the Android search and the auto search-suggestions capability. The thumbnails I am using in my activity are all stored on the SD card (there's a lot of them) and are all in MDPI resolution. When using them in my activity this is fine as I can account for this and scale appropriately, however in the search ...

Search Box on Home Screen

I have used SearchManager and it provides search key only when app is launched. Is there a way to put a text box on the home screen/wallpaper and invoke activity when user presses enter? ...

Post Intent action from widget provider

I want to build a search widget. Clicking on the widget should open search activity inside my app. Here is the code from widget provider's onUpdate(). public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) { /* as their may be many widget instances for this widget. we get an array. */ for(i...

How to handle callback from Search Manager?

Let's assume the following: Activity A calls Search Manager User searches, and search results are displayed in Activity B User clicks on a list item in Activity B App switches back to Activity A I am unable to handle this callback from Activity B to Activity A because I don't have the Search Manager intent (i think?). Call Search Ma...

How to start activity for Search Manager?

How can I create a startActivityForResult() for a Search Manager? Search is usually invoked by: onSearchRequested(); My app will display search results in Activity B, which will pass back data to Activity A. I want to handle this data in onActivityResult() but this will never get called because I never started an activity for search....

How to define an activity for the Search Button?

I am not using a SearchManager, but I have built my own custom search activity. I want this to be shown when the user clicks on the Search button. How can I do this? ...

Set search hint dynamically

Hi, Does anybody knows how to set android search dialog hint dynamically? T have try to do something like: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:label="@string/search_label" android:hint="@string/search_hint" android:id="@+id/search_dialog_text"> </searc...