1. Getting Started

This chapter covers the basic setup for using this library.

As a first step, add a dependency to this library to your project. How to do that is described in the usage section of this repository. Gradle is the recommended way of using this library as a dependency.

Adding Droid Floating Search View in layout

In your layout file add Droid Floating Search View,

<github.com.vikramezhil.dfsv.Dfsv
    android:id="@+id/dfsView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:dfsvBgColor="@android:color/holo_purple"
    app:dfsvOverlayBgColor="@android:color/holo_purple"
    app:dfsvTextColor="@android:color/white"
    app:dfsvHintTextColor="@android:color/white"
    app:dfsvDividerColor="@android:color/white"
    app:dfsvIconsColor="@android:color/white"
    app:dfsvHintText="@string/search_hint"
    app:dfsvCornerRadius="10"
    app:dfsvElevation="5"
    app:dfsvCloseSearchOnOverlayTouch="false"
    app:dfsvContinuousSearch="false"
    app:dfsvSuggestions="@array/suggestions"/>

Initialize Droid Floating Search View

In your class file, initialize Droid Floating Search View using the ID specified in your layout file

DroidFSView dfsView = findViewById(R.id.dfsView);

Note: Adding customizations to the Droid Floating Search View can be found here.