Added in API level 1

Summary: Methods

Filterable

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Kotlin |Java

public interface Filterable

android.widget.Filterable

Known indirect subclasses ArrayAdapter<T>, CursorAdapter, CursorTreeAdapter, HeaderViewListAdapter, ResourceCursorAdapter, ResourceCursorTreeAdapter, SimpleAdapter, SimpleCursorAdapter, SimpleCursorTreeAdapter ArrayAdapter<T> You can use this adapter to provide views for an AdapterView, Returns a view for each object in a collection of data objects you provide, and can be used with list-based user interface widgets such as ListView or Spinner.  CursorAdapter Adapter that exposes data from a Cursor to a ListView widget.  CursorTreeAdapter An adapter that exposes data from a series of Cursors to an ExpandableListView widget.  HeaderViewListAdapter ListAdapter used when a ListView has header views.  ResourceCursorAdapter An easy adapter that creates views defined in an XML file.  ResourceCursorTreeAdapter A fairly simple ExpandableListAdapter that creates views defined in an XML file.  SimpleAdapter An easy adapter to map static data to views defined in an XML file.  SimpleCursorAdapter An easy adapter to map columns from a cursor to TextViews or ImageViews defined in an XML file.  SimpleCursorTreeAdapter An easy adapter to map columns from a cursor to TextViews or ImageViews defined in an XML file.

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Defines a filterable behavior. A filterable class can have its data constrained by a filter. Filterable classes are usually Adapter implementations.

See also:

• Filter

Summary

Public methods
abstract Filter	getFilter() Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.

Public methods

getFilter

Added in API level 1

public abstract Filter getFilter ()

Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.

This method is usually implemented by Adapter classes.

Returns
Filter	a filter used to constrain data