Searching for images in 'drawable' folder

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There would be some occasions when you would want to search images in the '/res/drawable' folder. Some small changes need to be made to the tutorial here (http://www.modmygphone.com/wiki/index.php/Using_Search_API).


1. We won't be doing any database activities, so all references to it can be removed/commented.


2. Define two arrays, an Integer mImageIds and a String mImageNames inside Image class.

public static Integer[] mImageIds= {
R.drawable.nevada,
R.drawable.pooh,
R.drawable.sunflower,
R.drawable.the_maldives,
R.drawable.sky
};

public static String[] mImageNames = {"nevada", "pooh","sunflower", "the_maldives", "sky"};- mImageNames is used to give 'names' to the drawables and will be used to compare with the user-query.


3. Replace all occurences of mUrls in ImageAdapter class with mImageIds.


4. In ImageSearch.java, change the result ArrayList to Integer type.


5. In ImageAdapter class, replace,

i.setImageURI(mUris[position]);

with,

i.setImageResource(result.get(position));

and all references of mUris with result.


6. The doSearchQuery() method becomes very simple,


private void doSearchQuery(final Intent queryIntent, final String entryPoint)
{
result = new ArrayList<Integer>();

queryString = queryIntent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);

setTitle("Search results for "+"'"+queryString+"'");

for (int i = 0; i < Images.mImageNames.length; i++)
{

if(Images.mImageNames[i].contains(queryString))
{
result.add(Images.mImageIds[i]);
}
}

}
Thats it. With this, you can use the Search API to look for stuff inside /res/ folder.

Updated Source (http://www.modmygphone.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=21).