SearchView in Android with RecyclerView
Last Updated :
23 Jul, 2025
Many apps represent data in the form of huge lists and for filtering these lists we have seen the SearchView present inside these apps. So for filtering this list of data we generally use a SearchView. In this article, we will take a look at the implementation of Search View in Android with a RecyclerView in Android.
What are We Going to Build in this Article?
We will be building a simple application in which we will display a list of data in the RecyclerView. We will be displaying the list of courses with its description and on that recycler view, we will add a SearchView which will be used to filter the data in our Recycler View. A sample video is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article.
Step-by-Step Implementation
Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio
To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio.
The code for that has been given in both Java and Kotlin Programming Language for Android.
Step 2: Working with the XML Files
Next, go to the activity_main.xml file, which represents the UI of the project. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
activity_main.xml:
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"/>
<!-- recycler view to display our data -->
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_below="@id/toolbar"
android:id="@+id/idRVCourses"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
Step 3: Creating a Model Class for Storing Our Data
Navigate to the app > java > your app's package name > Right-click on it > New > Java/Kotlin class and name your class as CourseModel and add the below code to it.
CourseModel File:
Java
public class CourseModel {
// variables for our course
// name and description.
private String courseName;
private String courseDescription;
// creating constructor for our variables.
public CourseModel(String courseName, String courseDescription) {
this.courseName = courseName;
this.courseDescription = courseDescription;
}
// creating getter and setter methods.
public String getCourseName() {
return courseName;
}
public void setCourseName(String courseName) {
this.courseName = courseName;
}
public String getCourseDescription() {
return courseDescription;
}
public void setCourseDescription(String courseDescription) {
this.courseDescription = courseDescription;
}
}
Kotlin
class CourseModel(private var courseName: String, private var courseDescription: String) {
// creating getter and setter methods.
fun getCourseName(): String {
return courseName
}
fun setCourseName(courseName: String) {
this.courseName = courseName
}
fun getCourseDescription(): String {
return courseDescription
}
fun setCourseDescription(courseDescription: String) {
this.courseDescription = courseDescription
}
}
Step 4: Creating a Layout File for Our Item of RecyclerView
Navigate to the app > res > layout > Right-click on it > New > layout resource file and name your layout as course_rv_item and add the below code to it.
course_rv_item.xml:
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:elevation="8dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="8dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- text view for our course name -->
<TextView
android:id="@+id/idTVCourseName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="8dp"
android:text="Course Name"
android:textColor="@color/black"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<!-- text view for our course description -->
<TextView
android:id="@+id/idTVCourseDescription"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/idTVCourseName"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Course Description"
android:textColor="@color/black" />
</RelativeLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
Step 5: Creating an Adapter Class for Setting Data to Items of Our RecyclerView
Navigate to the app > java > your app's package name > Right-click on it > New > Java/Kotlin class and name it as CourseAdapter and add the below code to it.
CourseAdapter File:
Java
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
public class CourseAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CourseAdapter.ViewHolder> {
// creating a variable for array list and context.
private ArrayList<CourseModel> courseModelArrayList;
// creating a constructor for our variables.
public CourseAdapter(ArrayList<CourseModel> courseModelArrayList, Context context) {
this.courseModelArrayList = courseModelArrayList;
}
// method for filtering our recyclerview items.
public void filterList(ArrayList<CourseModel> filterlist) {
// below line is to add our filtered
// list in our course array list.
courseModelArrayList = filterlist;
// below line is to notify our adapter
// as change in recycler view data.
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
@NonNull
@Override
public CourseAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
// below line is to inflate our layout.
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.course_rv_item, parent, false);
return new ViewHolder(view);
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull CourseAdapter.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
// setting data to our views of recycler view.
CourseModel model = courseModelArrayList.get(position);
holder.courseNameTV.setText(model.getCourseName());
holder.courseDescTV.setText(model.getCourseDescription());
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
// returning the size of array list.
return courseModelArrayList.size();
}
public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
// creating variables for our views.
private final TextView courseNameTV;
private final TextView courseDescTV;
public ViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
super(itemView);
// initializing our views with their ids.
courseNameTV = itemView.findViewById(R.id.idTVCourseName);
courseDescTV = itemView.findViewById(R.id.idTVCourseDescription);
}
}
}
Kotlin
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
class CourseAdapter(courseModelArrayList: ArrayList<Any>) : RecyclerView.Adapter<CourseAdapter.ViewHolder>() {
// creating a variable for array list and context.
private var courseModelArrayList: ArrayList<CourseModel>
// method for filtering our recyclerview items.
fun filterList(filterList: ArrayList<CourseModel>) {
// below line is to add our filtered
// list in our course array list.
courseModelArrayList = filterList
// below line is to notify our adapter
// as change in recycler view data.
notifyDataSetChanged()
}
override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ViewHolder {
// below line is to inflate our layout.
val view: View = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context).inflate(R.layout.course_rv_item, parent, false)
return ViewHolder(view)
}
override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ViewHolder, position: Int) {
// setting data to our views of recycler view.
val model: CourseModel = courseModelArrayList[position]
holder.courseNameTV.setText(model.getCourseName())
holder.courseDescTV.setText(model.getCourseDescription())
}
override fun getItemCount(): Int {
// returning the size of array list.
return courseModelArrayList.size
}
class ViewHolder(itemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView) {
// creating variables for our views.
lateinit var courseNameTV: TextView
lateinit var courseDescTV: TextView
init {
// initializing our views with their ids.
courseNameTV = itemView.findViewById(R.id.idTVCourseName)
courseDescTV = itemView.findViewById(R.id.idTVCourseDescription)
}
}
// creating a constructor for our variables.
init {
this.courseModelArrayList = courseModelArrayList
}
}
Navigate to the app > res > Right-click on it > New > Directory and give a name to your directory as the menu. After creating a new directory we have to create a new menu file inside it. For creating a new menu file. Navigate to the app > res > menu > Right-click on it > New > menu resource file, name it as search_menu and add the below code to it.
search_menu.xml:
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- item for our search view with its id -->
<item
android:id="@+id/actionSearch"
android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:title="Search"
app:actionViewClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView" />
</menu>
Step 7: Working with the MainActivity File
Go to the MainActivity File and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity File. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
MainActivity File:
Java
package com.geeksforgeeks.searchview_android;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.Toast;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
// creating variables for UI components
private RecyclerView courseRV;
private Toolbar toolbar;
// variable for our adapter class and array list
private CourseAdapter adapter;
private ArrayList<CourseModel> courseModelArrayList;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// initializing variables
courseRV = findViewById(R.id.idRVCourses);
toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
// setting the toolbar as the ActionBar
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
// calling method to build recycler view
buildRecyclerView();
}
// calling onCreateOptionsMenu to inflate our menu file
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// get the MenuInflater
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
// inflate the menu
inflater.inflate(R.menu.search, menu);
// get the search menu item
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.actionSearch);
// get the SearchView from the menu item
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) searchItem.getActionView();
// set the on query text listener for the SearchView
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
// call a method to filter your RecyclerView
filter(newText);
return false;
}
});
return true;
}
// method to filter data based on query
private void filter(String text) {
// creating a new array list to filter data
ArrayList<CourseModel> filteredlist = new ArrayList<>();
// running a for loop to compare elements
for (CourseModel item : courseModelArrayList) {
// checking if the entered string matches any item of our recycler view
if (item.getCourseName().toLowerCase().contains(text.toLowerCase())) {
// adding matched item to the filtered list
filteredlist.add(item);
}
}
if (filteredlist.isEmpty()) {
// displaying a toast message if no data found
Toast.makeText(this, "No Data Found..", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
// passing the filtered list to the adapter class
adapter.filterList(filteredlist);
}
}
// method to build RecyclerView
private void buildRecyclerView() {
// creating a new array list
courseModelArrayList = new ArrayList<>();
// adding data to the array list
courseModelArrayList.add(new CourseModel("DSA", "DSA Self Paced Course"));
courseModelArrayList.add(new CourseModel("JAVA", "JAVA Self Paced Course"));
courseModelArrayList.add(new CourseModel("C++", "C++ Self Paced Course"));
courseModelArrayList.add(new CourseModel("Python", "Python Self Paced Course"));
courseModelArrayList.add(new CourseModel("Fork CPP", "Fork CPP Self Paced Course"));
// initializing the adapter class
adapter = new CourseAdapter(courseModelArrayList, MainActivity.this);
// adding layout manager to the RecyclerView
LinearLayoutManager manager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
courseRV.setHasFixedSize(true);
// setting layout manager to the RecyclerView
courseRV.setLayoutManager(manager);
// setting adapter to the RecyclerView
courseRV.setAdapter(adapter);
}
}
Kotlin
import android.os.Bundle
import android.view.Menu
import android.widget.Toast
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
import java.util.*
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
// creating variables for
// our ui components.
private lateinit var courseRV: RecyclerView
// variable for our adapter
// class and array list
private lateinit var adapter: CourseAdapter
private lateinit var courseModelArrayList: ArrayList<Any>
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
// initializing our variables.
courseRV = findViewById(R.id.idRVCourses)
toolbar = findViewById<Toolbar>(R.id.toolbar)
// setting the toolbar as the ActionBar
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
// calling method to
// build recycler view.
buildRecyclerView()
}
// calling on create option menu
// layout to inflate our menu file.
override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean {
// below line is to get our inflater
val inflater = menuInflater
// inside inflater we are inflating our menu file.
inflater.inflate(R.menu.search_menu, menu)
// below line is to get our menu item.
val searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.actionSearch)
// getting search view of our item.
val searchView = searchItem.actionView
// below line is to call set on query text listener method.
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
override fun onQueryTextSubmit(query: String): Boolean {
return false
}
override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String): Boolean {
// inside on query text change method we are
// calling a method to filter our recycler view.
filter(newText)
return false
}
})
return true
}
private fun filter(text: String) {
// creating a new array list to filter our data.
val filteredlist = ArrayList<CourseModel>()
// running a for loop to compare elements.
for (item in courseModelArrayList) {
// checking if the entered string matched with any item of our recycler view.
if (item.getCourseName().toLowerCase().contains(text.lowercase(Locale.getDefault()))) {
// if the item is matched we are
// adding it to our filtered list.
filteredlist.add(item)
}
}
if (filteredlist.isEmpty()) {
// if no item is added in filtered list we are
// displaying a toast message as no data found.
Toast.makeText(this, "No Data Found..", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
} else {
// at last we are passing that filtered
// list to our adapter class.
adapter.filterList(filteredlist)
}
}
private fun buildRecyclerView() {
// below line we are creating a new array list
courseModelArrayList = ArrayList<CourseModel>()
// below line is to add data to our array list.
courseModelArrayList.add(CourseModel("DSA", "DSA Self Paced Course"))
courseModelArrayList.add(CourseModel("JAVA", "JAVA Self Paced Course"))
courseModelArrayList.add(CourseModel("C++", "C++ Self Paced Course"))
courseModelArrayList.add(CourseModel("Python", "Python Self Paced Course"))
courseModelArrayList.add(CourseModel("Fork CPP", "Fork CPP Self Paced Course"))
// initializing our adapter class.
adapter = CourseAdapter(courseModelArrayList, this)
// adding layout manager to our recycler view.
val manager = LinearLayoutManager(this)
courseRV.setHasFixedSize(true)
// setting layout manager
// to our recycler view.
courseRV.layoutManager = manager
// setting adapter to
// our recycler view.
courseRV.adapter = adapter
}
}
Step 8: Update themes.xml
In the newer versions of Android Studio, the action bar is removed by default. To change that, navigate to app > res > values > themes.xml and update the base theme style
Before
<style name="Base.Theme.Demo" parent="Theme.Material3.DayNight.NoActionBar">
After
<style name="Base.Theme.Demo" parent="Theme.Material3.DayNight">
Output:
How to filter a RecyclerView with a SearchView on Android?
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What is Toast and How to Use it in Android with Examples?Pre-requisites: Android App Development Fundamentals for BeginnersGuide to Install and Set up Android StudioAndroid | Starting with the first app/android projectAndroid | Running your first Android appWhat is Toast in Android? A Toast is a feedback message. It takes a very little space for displayin
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Android Toast in KotlinA Toast is a short alert message shown on the Android screen for a short interval of time. Android Toast is a short popup notification which is used to display information when we perform any operation in our app. In this tutorial, we shall not just limit ourselves by creating a lame toast but also
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How to Change Toast font in Android?A Toast is a feedback message. It takes a very little space for displaying while overall activity is interactive and visible to the user. It disappears after a few seconds. It disappears automatically. If user wants permanent visible message, Notification can be used. Note: Toast disappears automati
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How to add a custom styled Toast in AndroidA Toast is a feedback message. It takes very little space for displaying and it is displayed on top of the main content of an activity, and only remains visible for a short time period. This article explains how to create Custom Toast messages, which has custom background, image, icon, etc, which ar
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RecyclerView in Android with ExampleRecyclerView is a ViewGroup added to the android studio as a successor of the GridView and ListView. It is an improvement on both of them and can be found in the latest v-7 support packages. It has been created to make possible construction of any lists with XML layouts as an item which can be custo
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Android | Horizontal RecyclerView with ExamplesRecycler View is a ViewGroup added to Android Studio as a successor of the GridView and ListView. It is an improvement on both of them and can be found in the latest v-7 support packages. It has been created to make possible construction of any lists with XML layouts as an item which can be customiz
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How to create a nested RecyclerView in AndroidA nested RecyclerView is an implementation of a RecyclerView within a RecyclerView. An example of such a layout can be seen in a variety of apps such as the Play Store, where the outer (parent) RecyclerView is of vertical orientation, whereas the inner (child) RecyclerViews are of horizontal orienta
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How to Create RecyclerView with Multiple ViewType in Android?RecyclerView forms a crucial part of the UI in Android app development. It is especially important to optimize memory consumption when displaying a long list of items. A RecyclerView inflates a customized list of items, which can have either similar layouts or multiple distinct layouts. Here, we dev
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RecyclerView using ListView in Android With ExampleRecyclerView is a more flexible and advanced version of ListView and GridView. RecyclerView is used for providing a limited window to a large data set, which means it is used to display a large amount of data that can be scrolled very efficiently by maintaining a limited number of Views. In Recycler
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