Create a Search Experience with MapsIndoors - Part 1

This is an example of creating a simple search experience using MapsIndoors. We will create a map with a search button that leads to another Fragment that handles the search and selection. On selection of a location, we go back to the map and shows the selected location on the map.

We will start by creating a simple search controller that handles search and selection of MapsIndoors locations

Declare a listener for our location selection with a onUserSelectedLocation method

public class SearchFragment extends Fragment {

Setup member variables for SearchFragment:

• An instance of type LocationQuery.Builder
• An instance of type LocationQuery
• The selection listener
• A List View to show the search result
• Some view components

LocationQuery.Builder iLocsQueryBuilder;
LocationQuery mSearchQuery;
OnFragmentInteractionListener mListener;
ListView mMainMenuList;
View mMainView;
EditText mSearchEditTextView;
ImageButton mSearchClearBtn;
IconTextListAdapter mListAdapter;
ViewFlipper mViewFlipper;
ImageButton mBackButton;

Init and setup the listView.

mListAdapter = new IconTextListAdapter(getContext(),new ArrayList<>());
mMainMenuList.setAdapter(mListAdapter);
mMainMenuList.setClickable( true );
mMainMenuList.setOnItemClickListener(mAdapterViewOnItemClickListener);
mMainMenuList.invalidate();

Instanciate the query builder

iLocsQueryBuilder = new LocationQuery.Builder();

Init and setup the view components for a better search experience.

Note: Creating a textwatcher as it's needed for software keyboard support.

mSearchEditTextView.addTextChangedListener(mEditTextViewTextWatcher);
mSearchEditTextView.setOnFocusChangeListener(mEditTextViewOnFocusChangeListener);

Close keyboard and search when user presses search on the keyboard:

mSearchEditTextView.setOnEditorActionListener(mEditTextViewOnEditorActionListener);

Close keyboard and search when user presses enter:

mSearchEditTextView.setOnKeyListener(mEditTextOnKeyListener);

Clear search button

mSearchClearBtn.setOnClickListener(mClearSearchButtonClickListener);
mSearchClearBtn.setOnFocusChangeListener(mClearSearchButtonFocusChangeListener);

Clear search button

mCSearchLocationsProvider = new MPLocationsProvider();

Whenever a user clicks a search result the 'onUserSelectedLocation' of the FragmentInteractionListener is called .

AdapterView.OnItemClickListener mAdapterViewOnItemClickListener = new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemClick( AdapterView< ? > parent, View view, int position, long id )
    {
        closeKeyboard();
        if( mListener != null )
        {
            mListener.onUserSelectedLocation( (Location) mListAdapter.getItem( position ) );
        }
    }
};

Declare an interface that will handle the communication between the fragment and the activity.

public interface OnFragmentInteractionListener {
    void onUserSelectedLocation(Location loc);
}
public static SearchFragment newInstance()
{
    return new SearchFragment();
}

In Part 2 we will create the map fragment that displays the search result.

See the sample in SearchFragment.java