MaterialSearchView

MaterialSearchView is a search library for Android that provides an easy way to implement search functionality in your app. It is built on top of the Material Design components introduced in Android 5.0 Lollipop and provides a material-style search bar with animation and styling options.

Features

Some of the key features of MaterialSearchView are:

• Material-style search bar
• Customizable search box styling and animation
• Auto-suggestions based on user input
• Callbacks for handling search queries and suggestions
• Easy integration with RecyclerView and ListView

Getting Started

To use MaterialSearchView in your project, add the following dependency to your app-level build.gradle file:

implementation 'com.miguelcatalan:materialsearchview:1.4.0'

Next, add MaterialSearchView to your layout file. Here's an example of how to add MaterialSearchView to a LinearLayout:

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <com.miguelcatalan.materialsearchview.MaterialSearchView
        android:id="@+id/search_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

Once you've added MaterialSearchView to your layout, you can use it to handle search queries and display suggestions. Here's an example of how to set up MaterialSearchView in your activity:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements MaterialSearchView.SearchViewListener {

    private MaterialSearchView searchView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        searchView = findViewById(R.id.search_view);
        searchView.setEllipsize(true);
        searchView.setVoice(true);
        searchView.setCursorDrawable(R.drawable.custom_cursor);
        searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
        searchView.setOnSearchViewListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);

        MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
        searchView.setMenuItem(item);

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void onSearchViewShown() {
        // Handle search view Shown
    }

    @Override
    public void onSearchViewClosed() {
        // Handle search view closed
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
        // Handle search query submit
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
        // Handle search query text change
        return false;
    }
}

This code sets up MaterialSearchView in your activity and provides callbacks for handling search queries and suggestions. You can customize the search bar styling and behavior using the various methods provided by MaterialSearchView, such as setEllipsize(), setVoice(), and setCursorDrawable().

Conclusion

MaterialSearchView is a powerful search library for Android that makes it easy to add search functionality to your app. With its Material-style search bar and customizable styling options, MaterialSearchView provides a great user experience and makes it easy for your users to find the content they're looking for.