SearchableActivity.java

/**
 * 
 */
package jm.org.data.area;

import com.google.analytics.tracking.android.EasyTracker;

import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.TextView;

/**
 * @author Earl
 * 
 */
public class SearchableActivity extends BaseActivity {
	public final String TAG = getClass().getSimpleName();
	private String globalSearchString = "";

	// UI elements
	TextView mQueryText;
	TextView mAppDataText;
	TextView mDeliveredByText;

	/**
	 * Called with the activity is first created.
	 * 
	 * After the typical activity setup code, we check to see if we were
	 * launched with the ACTION_SEARCH intent, and if so, we handle it.
	 */
	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
			// only for android newer than gingerbread
			// ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
			// actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
		}

		// Get active display items for later updates
		// mQueryText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txt_query);
		// mAppDataText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txt_appdata);
		// mDeliveredByText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txt_deliveredby);

		// get and process search query here
		Intent intent = getIntent();
		if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
			globalSearchString = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
			Log.d(TAG, "Query string: " + globalSearchString);
		} else {
			globalSearchString = "";
		}

		// Inflate our UI from its XML layout description.
		setContentView(R.layout.search_query_results);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
		switch (item.getItemId()) {
		case android.R.id.home:
			finish();
			return true;
		default:
			return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
		}
	}

	public String getGlobalQuery() {
		return globalSearchString;
	}

	/**
	 * Called when new intent is delivered.
	 * 
	 * This is where we check the incoming intent for a query string.
	 * 
	 * @param newIntent
	 *            The intent used to restart this activity
	 */
	@Override
	public void onNewIntent(final Intent newIntent) {
		super.onNewIntent(newIntent);

		// get and process search query here
		final Intent queryIntent = getIntent();
		final String queryAction = queryIntent.getAction();
		if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(queryAction)) {
			// doSearchQuery(queryIntent, "onNewIntent()");
		} else {
			mDeliveredByText
					.setText("onNewIntent(), but no ACTION_SEARCH intent");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Generic search handler.
	 * 
	 * In a "real" application, you would use the query string to select results
	 * from your data source, and present a list of those results to the user.
	 */
	private void doSearchQuery(final Intent queryIntent, final String entryPoint) {

		// The search query is provided as an "extra" string in the query intent
		final String queryString = queryIntent
				.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
		mQueryText.setText(queryString);

		// Record the query string in the recent queries suggestions provider.
		// SearchRecentSuggestions suggestions = new
		// SearchRecentSuggestions(this,
		// SearchSuggestionSampleProvider.AUTHORITY,
		// SearchSuggestionSampleProvider.MODE);
		// suggestions.saveRecentQuery(queryString, null);

		// If your application provides context data for its searches,
		// you will receive it as an "extra" bundle in the query intent.
		// The bundle can contain any number of elements, using any number of
		// keys;
		// For this Api Demo we're just using a single string, stored using
		// "demo key".
		final Bundle appData = queryIntent
				.getBundleExtra(SearchManager.APP_DATA);
		if (appData == null) {
			mAppDataText.setText("<no app data bundle>");
		}
		if (appData != null) {
			String testStr = appData.getString("demo_key");
			mAppDataText.setText((testStr == null) ? "<no app data>" : testStr);
		}

		// Report the method by which we were called.
		mDeliveredByText.setText(entryPoint);
	}
	
	@Override
	public void onStart() {
		super.onStart();
		
		EasyTracker.getInstance(this).activityStart(this);  // Add this method.
		}
	
	@Override
	public void onStop() {
		super.onStop();
	
		EasyTracker.getInstance(this).activityStop(this);  // Add this method.
	}
}