Titanium.App.iOS.SearchableItem

Used to create a unique object containing all of the search information that will appear in the device search index.

To effectively add and remove information from the iOS search index you will need to use the below listed modules:

• Titanium.App.iOS.SearchableItemAttributeSet - Used to create metadata related to the Ti.App.iOS.SearchableItem
• Titanium.App.iOS.SearchableItem - Used to assemble metadata into a unique object package to be used by Ti.App.iOS.SearchableIndex
• Titanium.App.iOS.SearchableIndex - Used to add and remove Ti.App.iOS.SearchableItem objects to the device search index

To use this feature make sure you have a compatible device running iOS 9 or later.

To create a SearchableItem object, use the Titanium.App.iOS.createSearchableItem method. Pass a dictionary of properties to the method that will help identify the item. At minimum, you must set the attributeSet property, which associates the metadata with the SearchableItem object.

Then, pass the SearchableItem object to a SearchableIndex object's addToDefaultSearchableIndex() method to add the item to the device's search index.

Extends: Titanium.Proxy · Since: 5.0.0 · Platforms: iphone, ipad, macos

Properties

apiName

extended

3.2.0

3.2.0

3.2.0

9.2.0

Type: String

The name of the API that this proxy corresponds to.

The value of this property is the fully qualified name of the API. For example, Button
returns Ti.UI.Button.

attributeSet

creation only

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Type: Titanium.App.iOS.SearchableItemAttributeSet

Set of metadata properties to display for the item.

Must be set to create a SearchableItem object.

bubbleParent

extended

3.0.0

3.0.0

3.0.0

9.2.0

Type: Boolean

Indicates if the proxy will bubble an event to its parent.

Some proxies (most commonly views) have a relationship to other proxies, often
established by the add() method. For example, for a button added to a window, a
click event on the button would bubble up to the window. Other common parents are
table sections to their rows, table views to their sections, and scrollable views
to their views. Set this property to false to disable the bubbling to the proxy's parent.

domainIdentifier

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Type: String

Identifier that represents the "domain" or owner of this item.

expirationDate

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Type: String

Searchable items have an expiration date or time to live. By default it is set to one month.

Absolute date after which the activity is no longer eligible to be indexed or handed off.

The date will be a string in the following format: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'+0000'"
For example, 2015-12-25T23:30:55.978+0000

lifecycleContainer

extended

3.6.0

Type: Titanium.UI.Window, Titanium.UI.TabGroup

The Window or TabGroup whose Activity lifecycle should be triggered on the proxy.

If this property is set to a Window or TabGroup, then the corresponding Activity lifecycle event callbacks
will also be called on the proxy. Proxies that require the activity lifecycle will need this property set
to the appropriate containing Window or TabGroup.

uniqueIdentifier

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Type: String

Unique identifier to your application group.

Methods

addEventListener

extended

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Adds the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Optional
name	String	Name of the event.	No
callback	Callback<Titanium.Event>	Callback function to invoke when the event is fired.	No

applyProperties

extended

3.0.0

3.0.0

3.0.0

Applies the properties to the proxy.

Properties are supplied as a dictionary. Each key-value pair in the object is applied to the proxy such that
myproxy[key] = value.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Optional
props	Dictionary	A dictionary of properties to apply.	No

fireEvent

extended

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Fires a synthesized event to any registered listeners.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Optional
name	String	Name of the event.	No
event	Dictionary	A dictionary of keys and values to add to the Titanium.Event object sent to the listeners.	Yes

removeEventListener

extended

0.9

0.9

0.9

9.2.0

Removes the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.

Multiple listeners can be registered for the same event, so the
callback parameter is used to determine which listener to remove.

When adding a listener, you must save a reference to the callback function
in order to remove the listener later:

var listener = function() { Ti.API.info("Event listener called."); }
window.addEventListener('click', listener);

To remove the listener, pass in a reference to the callback function:

window.removeEventListener('click', listener);

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Optional
name	String	Name of the event.	No
callback	Callback<Titanium.Event>	Callback function to remove. Must be the same function passed to addEventListener.	No

Examples

Add Searchable Content to the On-Device Index

The following example demonstrates how to create a new Ti.App.iOS.SearchableItem and add a Ti.App.iOS.SearchableItemAttributeSet. The Ti.App.iOS.SearchableItem is then passed to the Ti.App.iOS.SearchableIndex object to add it to the on-device search index. #### app.js

var searchItems = [];
var itemAttr = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchableItemAttributeSet({
    itemContentType: Ti.App.iOS.UTTYPE_IMAGE,
    title:"Titanium Core Spotlight Tutorial",
    contentDescription:"Tech Example \nOn: " + String.formatDate(new Date(),"short"),
    keywords:["Mobile","Appcelerator","Titanium"]
});

var item = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchableItem({
    uniqueIdentifier:"my-id",
    domainIdentifier:"com.mydomain",
    attributeSet:itemAttr
});
searchItems.push(item);

var indexer = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchableIndex();

indexer.addToDefaultSearchableIndex(searchItems,function(e){
    if(e.success){
        alert("Press the home button and now search for your keywords");
    }else{
        alert("Errored: " + JSON.stringify(e.error));
    }
});