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About this widget

Use the Hits view and helper components to display a list of search results. Use HitsPaging if you want to use infinite scrolling in your search. To add Hits to your search experience, use these components:
  • Searcher. The Searcher that handles your searches.
  • T. A data class representing a search result.
  • HitsView<T>. The view that renders objects of type T.
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Examples

You can use deserialize to convert raw hits into your own data class using the Serializable annotation.
Kotlin
class MyActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    val searcher = HitsSearcher(
        applicationID = ApplicationID("YourApplicationID"),
        apiKey = APIKey("YourSearchOnlyAPIKey"),
        indexName = IndexName("YourIndexName")
    )
    val connection = ConnectionHandler()
    val adapter = MovieAdapter()

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        connection += searcher.connectHitsView(adapter) { response ->
            response.hits.deserialize(Movie.serializer())
        }
        searcher.searchAsync()
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        connection.disconnect()
        searcher.cancel()
    }
}

@Serializable
data class Movie(
    val title: String
)

class MovieViewHolder(val view: TextView): RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {

    fun bind(data: Movie) {
        view.text = data.title
    }
}

class MovieAdapter : RecyclerView.Adapter<MovieViewHolder>(), HitsView<Movie> {

    private var movies: List<Movie> = listOf()

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): MovieViewHolder {
        return MovieViewHolder(TextView(parent.context))
    }

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: MovieViewHolder, position: Int) {
        val movie = movies[position]

        holder.bind(movie)
    }

    override fun setHits(hits: List<Movie>) {
        movies = hits
        notifyDataSetChanged()
    }

    override fun getItemCount(): Int {
        return movies.size
    }
}

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Compose UI

InstantSearch provides the LoadingState as a state model, which is an implementation of the LoadingView interface. You need to connect LoadingState to the LoadingConnector or LoadingViewModel like any other LoadingView implementation.
Kotlin
class MyActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    val searcher = HitsSearcher(
        applicationID = ApplicationID("YourApplicationID"),
        apiKey = APIKey("YourSearchOnlyAPIKey"),
        indexName = IndexName("YourIndexName")
    )
    val hitsState = HitsState<Movie>()
    val connections = ConnectionHandler()

    init {
        connections += searcher.connectHitsView(hitsState) {
            it.hits.deserialize(Movie.serializer())
        }
    }

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            LazyColumn {
                items(hitsState.hits) { movie ->
                    Text(movie.title)
                }
            }
        }
        searcher.searchAsync()
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy()
        connections.disconnect()
        searcher.cancel()
    }
}

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Parameters

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transform
(ResponseSearch) -> List<T>
required
A function transforming the search response into a list of results of your class T.
Kotlin
val transform: (ResponseSearch) -> List<Movie> = { response ->
    response.hits.map { hit -> Movie(hit.json.getPrimitive("title").content) }
}
searcher.connectHitsView(adapter, transform)