How to text filter an Android ListView backed by a SimpleCursorAdapter?
android, android-cursor, database, filter, listview
Solution
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:
- How to dynamically update a ListView on Android
Problem
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?