23. Enabling Application Search

Android devices boast powerful search features, thanks to the search framework that was built into the Android SDK from the beginning. Application developers can enable search features in their applications in a variety of ways, including exposing app data on device-wide searches, providing relevant search suggestions, enabling voice search, and more. In this chapter, you become familiar with some of the most common ways apps can leverage the Android search framework.

Making Application Content Searchable

If your application is content rich, either with content created by users or with content provided by you, the developer, then integrating with the search capabilities of Android can provide many benefits and ...

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