I'm a beginner in android programming and I have a problem I can't seem to find a solution for. I searched stackoverflow for hours but I still don't quite get it how should I do this stuff:
I created a slim api with php which communicates with a local xampp mysql server, and I can do basic CRUD operations on it. I GET the data with the api from the server, which returns all "items" in the database to a List, and I can use this in a listView. Every list item has 6 TextViews so I created a custom ArrayAdapter but I don't know to search for specific list items.
My Item class:
public class Item {
private String mName;
private String mQuantity;
private String mDate_added;
private String mBarcode;
private String mPrice;
private String mWarranty;
private int mId;
public Item(String mName, String mQuantity, String mDate_added, String mBarcode, String mPrice, String mWarranty,int mId) {
this.mName = mName;
this.mQuantity = mQuantity;
this.mDate_added = mDate_added;
this.mBarcode = mBarcode;
this.mPrice = mPrice;
this.mWarranty = mWarranty;
this.mId = mId;
}
public int getmId(){return mId; }
public String getmName() {
return mName;
}
public String getmQuantity() {
return mQuantity;
}
public String getmDate_added() {
return mDate_added;
}
public String getmBarcode() {
return mBarcode;
}
public String getmPrice() {
return mPrice;
}
public String getmWarranty() {
return mWarranty;
}
}
My adapter
public class ItemAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Item> {
public ItemAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<Item> items) {
super(context,0, items);
}
@NonNull
@Override
public View getView(int position, @Nullable View convertView, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
View ListItemView= convertView;
if (ListItemView == null) {
ListItemView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item,parent,false);
Item currentItem = getItem(position);
TextView nameText = (TextView) ListItemView.findViewById(R.id.name);
TextView quantityText = (TextView) ListItemView.findViewById(R.id.quantity);
TextView date_addedText = (TextView) ListItemView.findViewById(R.id.date_added);
TextView barcodeText = (TextView) ListItemView.findViewById(R.id.barcode);
TextView priceText = (TextView) ListItemView.findViewById(R.id.price);
TextView warrantyText = (TextView) ListItemView.findViewById(R.id.warranty);
nameText.setText(currentItem.getmName());
quantityText.setText(currentItem.getmQuantity() +" e");
date_addedText.setText(currentItem.getmDate_added());
barcodeText.setText(currentItem.getmBarcode());
priceText.setText(currentItem.getmPrice()+ " pr/e");
warrantyText.setText(currentItem.getmWarranty());
}
return ListItemView;
}
}
I get the data with httpurlconnection get method, and I use an AsyncTaskLoader for this. this returns the data to a List from a given url.
public class ItemLoader extends AsyncTaskLoader<List<Item>> {
private String mUrl;
public ItemLoader(Context context, String url) {
super(context);
mUrl = url;
}
@Override
protected void onStartLoading() {
forceLoad();
}
@Override
public List<Item> loadInBackground() {
if (mUrl == null) {
return null;
}
// Perform the network request, parse the response, and extract a list of items.
List<Item> items = QueryUtils.fetchItemData(mUrl);
return items;
}
}
Next up, In my main activity I implement loader callbacks.
private ItemAdapter mAdapter;
@Override
public android.content.Loader<List<Item>> onCreateLoader(int i, Bundle bundle) {
return new ItemLoader(this,API_REQUEST_URL);
}
@Override
public void onLoadFinished(android.content.Loader<List<Item>> loader, List<Item> items) {
mAdapter.clear();
if (items != null && !items.isEmpty()) {
mAdapter.addAll(items);
}
}
@Override
public void onLoaderReset(android.content.Loader<List<Item>> loader) {
Log.e("init loader","Log");
mAdapter.clear();
}
In onCreate
android.app.LoaderManager loaderManager = getLoaderManager();
loaderManager.initLoader(0, null, MainActivity.this);
listView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
I want to search for the names of the items, and return the corresponding in the ListView. I created a search view for it with a setOnQueryTextListener:
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main,menu);
SearchManager manager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView search = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
search.setSearchableInfo(manager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
search.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String s) {
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String s) {
return false;
}
});
return true;
}
aaand...now I'm kinda stuck. I know I should implement 'Filterable' on the adapter class, override some methods, create a filter, etc, and it's not that hard if I have a hardcoded List, which I just need to change, but these network requests, background threads, get data from the server stuff confused me so much I don't know what to do.
Halp! :c