UI libraries / InstantSearch Android / Widgets
Signature
SearchBoxConnector(
  searcher: Searcher
  viewModel: SearchBoxViewModel
  searchMode: SearchMode
  debouncer: Debouncer
)

About this widget

The SearchBox is used to perform a text-based query.

To add a SearchBox to your search experience, use these components:

  • Searcher: the Searcher that handles your searches.
  • SearchBoxViewModel: the business logic that handles new search inputs.
  • SearchBoxView: the view that handles the input.

Examples

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class MyActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    val searcher = HitsSearcher(
        applicationID = ApplicationID("YourApplicationID"),
        apiKey = APIKey("YourSearchOnlyAPIKey"),
        indexName = IndexName("YourIndexName")
    )
    val searchBox = SearchBoxConnector(searcher)
    val connection = ConnectionHandler(searchBox)

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        val searchView = SearchView(this)
        val view: SearchBoxView = SearchBoxViewAppCompat(searchView)
        connection += searchBox.connectView(view)
        searcher.searchAsync()
    }

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

Parameters

searcher
type: Searcher
Required

The Searcher that handles your searches.

viewModel
type: SearchBoxViewModel
default: SearchBoxViewModel()
Optional

The business logic that handles new search inputs.

searchMode
type: SearchMode
default: SearchMode.AsYouType
Optional
  • SearchMode.AsYouType triggers a search on each keystroke.
  • SearchMode.OnSubmit trigger a search on submitting the query.
debouncer
type: Debouncer
default: Debouncer(debounceLoadingInMillis)
Optional

Delays searcher operations by a specified time duration.

View

searchBoxView
type: SearchBoxView
Required

The view that handles the input.

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val searchView = SearchView(this)
val view: SearchBoxView = SearchBoxViewAppCompat(searchView)
searchBox.connectView(view)

Compose UI

InstantSearch provides SearchBoxState as a state model, which is an implementation of the SearchBoxView interface. You need to connect SearchBoxState to the SearchBoxConnector or SearchBoxViewModel like any other SearchBoxView implementation, and create a Compose UI view that handles the query input, you can directly use the SearchBoxState as a state model, It provides the query property along with the setText function to streamline the design process of your custom Compose UI view.

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class MyActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    val searcher = HitsSearcher(
        applicationID = ApplicationID("YourApplicationID"),
        apiKey = APIKey("YourSearchOnlyAPIKey"),
        indexName = IndexName("YourIndexName")
    )
    val searchBoxState = SearchBoxState()
    val searchBox = SearchBoxConnector(searcher)
    val connections = ConnectionHandler(searchBox)

    init {
        connections += searchBox.connectView(searchBoxState)
    }

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            TextField(
                // set query as text value
                value = searchBoxState.query,
                // update text on value change
                onValueChange = { searchBoxState.setText(it) },
                // set ime action to "search"
                keyboardOptions = KeyboardOptions(imeAction = ImeAction.Search),
                // set text as query submit on search action
                keyboardActions = KeyboardActions(
                    onSearch = { searchBoxState.setText(searchBoxState.query, true)}
                )
            )
        }
        searcher.searchAsync()
    }

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