title: How to make a input search for list view in android
body: <p>i need to make a input search for listview in android through the code below, how to write the code and where do i put it.<br>
  I'm new in Android Thanks you advanced</p>
  
  <p>all_products.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:orientation="vertical"&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Editext for Search --&gt;
      &lt;EditText android:id="@+id/inputSearch"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:hint="Search products.."
          android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"/&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Main ListView
           Always give id value as list(@android:id/list)
      --&gt;
      &lt;ListView
          android:id="@android:id/list"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"/&gt;
  
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my code:
  AllProductsActivity.java</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.bsmartlb.connectandroidphp;
  
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.HashMap;
  import java.util.List;
  
  import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
  import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
  import org.json.JSONArray;
  import org.json.JSONException;
  import org.json.JSONObject;
  
  import android.app.ListActivity;
  import android.app.ProgressDialog;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.AsyncTask;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.AdapterView;
  import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
  import android.widget.ListAdapter;
  import android.widget.ListView;
  import android.widget.SimpleAdapter;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  
  public class AllProductsActivity extends ListActivity {
  
      String limit;
  
      // Progress Dialog
      private ProgressDialog pDialog;
  
      // Creating JSON Parser object
      JSONParser jParser = new JSONParser();
  
      ArrayList&lt;HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;&gt; productsList;
  
      // url to get all products list
      private static String url_all_products = "http://bsmart-lb.com/androidhive/get_items.php";
  
      // JSON Node names
      private static final String TAG_SUCCESS = "success";
      private static final String TAG_PRODUCTS = "products";
      private static final String TAG_PID = "pid";
      private static final String TAG_NAME = "name";
  
      // products JSONArray
      JSONArray products = null;
  
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.all_products);
  
  
          TextView txtLimit = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.limit_label);
          Intent i = getIntent();
          // Receiving the Data
          limit = i.getStringExtra("limit");
          txtLimit.setText(limit);
  
  
          // Hashmap for ListView
          productsList = new ArrayList&lt;HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;&gt;();
  
          // Loading products in Background Thread
          new LoadAllProducts().execute();
  
          // Get listview
          ListView lv = getListView();
  
          // on seleting single product
          // launching Edit Product Screen
          lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
  
              @Override
              public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View view,
                      int position, long id) {
                  // getting values from selected ListItem
                  String pid = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.pid)).getText()
                          .toString();
  
                  // Starting new intent
                  //Intent in = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), EditProductActivity.class);
                  Intent in = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SingleMenuItemActivity.class);
  
                  // sending pid to next activity
                  in.putExtra(TAG_PID, pid);
  
                  // starting new activity and expecting some response back
                  startActivityForResult(in, 100);
  
              }
          });
  
      }
  
      // Response from Edit Product Activity
      @Override
      protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
          super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
          // if result code 100
          if (resultCode == 100) {
              // if result code 100 is received
              // means user edited/deleted product
              // reload this screen again
              Intent intent = getIntent();
              finish();
              startActivity(intent);
          }
  
      }
  
      /**
       * Background Async Task to Load all product by making HTTP Request
       * */
      class LoadAllProducts extends AsyncTask&lt;String, String, String&gt; {
  
          /**
           * Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
           * */
          @Override
          protected void onPreExecute() {
              super.onPreExecute();
              pDialog = new ProgressDialog(AllProductsActivity.this);
              pDialog.setMessage("Loading products. Please wait...");
              pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
              pDialog.setCancelable(false);
              pDialog.show();
          }
  
          /**
           * getting All products from url
           * */
          protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
              // Building Parameters
              List&lt;NameValuePair&gt; params = new ArrayList&lt;NameValuePair&gt;();
  
              params.add(new BasicNameValuePair("limit", limit));
  
              // getting JSON string from URL
              JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(url_all_products, "GET", params);
  
              // Check your log cat for JSON reponse
              Log.d("All Products: ", json.toString());
  
              try {
                  // Checking for SUCCESS TAG
                  int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
  
                  if (success == 1) {
                      // products found
                      // Getting Array of Products
                      products = json.getJSONArray(TAG_PRODUCTS);
  
                      // looping through All Products
                      for (int i = 0; i &lt; products.length(); i++) {
                          JSONObject c = products.getJSONObject(i);
  
                          // Storing each json item in variable
                          String id = c.getString(TAG_PID);
                          String name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
  
  
                          // creating new HashMap
                          HashMap&lt;String, String&gt; map = new HashMap&lt;String, String&gt;();
  
                          // adding each child node to HashMap key =&gt; value
                          map.put(TAG_PID, id);
                          map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
  
  
                          // adding HashList to ArrayList
                          productsList.add(map);
                      }
                  } else {
                      // no products found
                      // Launch Add New product Activity
                      Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
                              NewProductActivity.class);
                      // Closing all previous activities
                      i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                      startActivity(i);
                  }
              } catch (JSONException e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
  
              return null;
          }
  
          /**
           * After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
           * **/
          protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
              // dismiss the dialog after getting all products
              pDialog.dismiss();
              // updating UI from Background Thread
              runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                  public void run() {
                      /**
                       * Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
                       * */
                      ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
                              AllProductsActivity.this, productsList,
                              R.layout.list_item, new String[] { TAG_PID,
                                      TAG_NAME},
                              new int[] { R.id.pid, R.id.name });
                      // updating listview
                      setListAdapter(adapter);
                  }
              });
  
          }
  
      }
  }
  </code></pre>