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Titanium.App.iOS.SearchableItemAttributeSet

The SearchableItemAttributeSet module defines metadata properties for SearchItem and UserActivity objects.

The SearchableItemAttributeSet object provides a large number of properties covering most common scenarios such as files, music, video, and document searches. To effectively add and remove information from the iOS search index you will need to use the below listed modules:

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

To create a SearchableItemAttributeSet object, use the Titanium.App.iOS.createSearchableItemAttributeSet method. Pass a dictionary of metadata properties to the method to associate with a SearchableItem object or UserActivity. At minimum, you must set the itemContentType property.

Pass the SearchableItemAttributeSet object to either the Titanium.App.iOS.createSearchableItem method to the attributeSet key or to a UserActivity object's addContentAttributeSet() method.

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

Properties #

addedDate#

Type: String

The date that the item was moved into the current location.

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

album#

Type: String

The title for a collection of media.

alternateNames#

Type: Array<String>

An array of localized strings of alternate display names for this item.

apiName#

extended

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.

artist#

Type: String

The artist for the media.

audiences#

Type: Array<String>

A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.

A class of entity may be determined by the creator, publisher
or third party.

audioBitRate#

Type: Number

The audio bit rate.

audioChannelCount#

Type: Number

The number of channels in the audio data contained in the file.

This item only represents
the number of discreet channels of audio data found in the file. It does not indicate
any configuration of the data in regards to a user's speaker setup.

audioEncodingApplication#

Type: String

The name of the application that encoded the data contained in the audio file.

audioSampleRate#

Type: Number

The sample rate of the audio data contained in the file.

The sample rate is a float value representing Hertz (audio_frames/second),
for example, 44100.0 or 22254.54.

audioTrackNumber#

Type: Number

The track number of a song/composition when it is part of an album.

bubbleParent#

extended

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.

codecs#

Type: Array<String>

The codecs used to encode/decode the media.

comment#

Type: String

Comment related to a file.

composer#

Type: String

The composer of the song/composition contained in the audio file.

contactKeywords#

Type: Array<String>

A list of contacts that are somehow associated with this document beyond what is captured as Author.

containerDisplayName#

Type: String

Display of the search container

containerIdentifier#

Type: String

Identifier for the search container

containerOrder#

Type: Number

Order the search container is displayed.

containerTitle#

Type: String

Title displayed in the search container

contentCreationDate#

Type: String

The date that the contents of the item were created.

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

contentDescription#

Type: String

An account of the content of the resource.

Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference
to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.

contentModificationDate#

Type: String

The date that the contents of the item were last modified.

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

contentRating#

Type: Number

Whether or not the item has explicit content. Set to 1 for explicit or 0 for clean.

contentSources#

Type: Array<String>

Used to indicate where the item was obtained from.

contentType#

creation only

Type: String

UTI Type pedigree for an item.

contentTypeTree#

Type: Array<String>

Array of strings related to the content tree of the item.

contentURL#

Type: String

File URL representing the content to be indexed.

contributors#

Type: Array<String>

Used to designate the entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.

Type: String

Copyright of the content.

coverage#

Type: Array<String>

Used to designate the extent or scope of the content of the resource.

creator#

Type: String

Application used to create the document content (e.g. "Word","Framemaker", etc.).

deliveryType#

Type: Number

The delivery type of the item. Set to 0 for fast start and 1 for RTSP.

director#

Type: String

Director of the item, for example, the movie director.

displayName#

Type: String

A localized string to be displayed in the UI for this item.

downloadedDate#

Type: String

The date that the file was last downloaded / received.

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

duration#

Type: Number

Duration in seconds of the content of the item (if appropriate).

editors#

Type: Array<String>

The list of editor/editors that have worked on this item.

encodingApplications#

Type: Array<String>

Software used to convert the original content into a PDF stream.

fileSize#

Type: Number

Size of the document in MB.

fontNames#

Type: Array<String>

Array of font names used in the item.

fullyFormattedAddress#

Type: String

The fully formatted address of the item (obtained from MapKit).

generalMIDISequence#

Type: Number

Used to indicates whether the MIDI sequence contained in the file is setup for use with a General MIDI device.

Should be 1 if true and 0 otherwise.

genre#

Type: String

Genre of the item, for example, movie genre.

identifier#

Type: String

Used to reference to the resource within a given context.

Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by
means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.

information#

Type: String

Information about the item.

itemContentType#

creation only

Type: String

Content type of the attribute set.

Must be set to create a SearchableItemAttributeSet object. Set to an identifier in the
iOS Developer Library: System-Declared Uniform Type Identifiers

keySignature#

Type: String

The musical key of the song/composition contained in an audio file.

keywords#

Type: Array<String>

Represents keywords associated with this particular item. Example keywords might be Birthday etc.

kind#

Type: String

Kind that the item represents.

languages#

Type: Array<String>

Used to designate the languages of the intellectual content of the resource.

lastUsedDate#

Type: String

The date that the item was last used.

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

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.

local#

Type: Number

Whether or not the item is local. Set to 1 if true and 0 otherwise.

lyricist#

Type: String

The lyricist/text writer for song/composition contained in the audio file.

mediaTypes#

Type: Array<String>

Media types present in the content.

metadataModificationDate#

Type: String

The date that the last metadata attribute was changed.

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

musicalGenre#

Type: String

The musical genre of the song/composition contained in the audio file.

musicalInstrumentCategory#

Type: String

Metadata attribute that stores the category of instrument.

Files should have an instrument associated with
them ("Other Instrument" is provided as a catch-all). For some
categories, like "Keyboards" there are instrument names which
provide a more detailed instrument definition, for example, Piano, Organ, etc.

musicalInstrumentName#

Type: String

Metadata attribute that stores the name of instrument.

Relative to the instrument category. Files can have an
instrument name associated with them if they have certain
instrument categories, for example, the category Percussion has
multiple instruments, including Conga and Bongo.

organizations#

Type: Array<String>

Used to indicate company/Organization that created the document.

originalFormat#

Type: String

Original format of the movie.

originalSource#

Type: String

Original source of the movie.

pageCount#

Type: Number

Number of pages in the item.

pageHeight#

Type: Number

Height in points (72 points per inch) of the document page.

First page only for PDF's - other pages within the PDF may
not be the same height.

pageWidth#

Type: Number

Width in points (72 points per inch) of the document page.

First page only for PDF's - other pages within the PDF may
not be the same width.

participants#

Type: Array<String>

The list of people who are visible in an image or movie or written about in a document.

path#

Type: String

The complete path to the item.

performers#

Type: Array<String>

Performers in the movie.

playCount#

Type: Number

User play count of this item.

postalCode#

Type: String

The postal code for the item according to guidelines established by the provider.

producer#

Type: String

Producer of the content.

projects#

Type: Array<String>

The list of projects that this item is part of.

publishers#

Type: Array<String>

Used to designate the entity responsible for making the resource available.

rating#

Type: Number

User rating of this item out of 5 stars.

ratingDescription#

Type: String

A description of the rating, for example, the number of reviewers.

recordingDate#

Type: String

The recording date of the song/composition.

This information differs from
the contentCreationDate attribute as it indicates the date that the
'art' was created, in contrast to contentCreationDate which for example, could indicate
the creation date of an edited or 'mastered' version of the original art.

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

relatedUniqueIdentifier#

Type: String

For activities this is the unique identifier for the item this activity is related to.

rights#

Type: Array<String>

Used to provide a link to information about rights held in and over resource.

role#

Type: String

Used to indicate the role of the document creator.

securityMethod#

Type: String

Security (encryption) method used in the file.

streamable#

Type: Number

Whether the content is prepared for streaming. Set to 0 for not streamable and 1 for streamable.

subject#

Type: String

Subject of the the item.

subThoroughfare#

Type: String

The sub-location (e.g., street number) for the item according to guidelines established by the provider.

supportsNavigation#

Type: Number

Used to determine if navigation is supported.

If supportsNavigation is set to 1, and the item has the latitude and longitude properties set,
then the latitude and longitude may be used for navigation. For example, supportsNavigation
would be set on a restaurant review, but not on a photo.

supportsPhoneCall#

Type: Number

Used to indicate that using the phone number is appropriate.

If supportsPhoneCall is 1 and the item has the phoneNumbers property set, then the phone number
may be used to initiate phone calls. This should be used to indicate that using the phone
number is appropriate, and a primary action for the user. For example, supportsPhoneCall
would be set on a business, but not an academic paper that happens to have phone numbers
for the authors or the institution.

tempo#

Type: Number

The tempo of the music contained in the audio file in Beats Per Minute.

theme#

Type: String

Theme of the the item.

thoroughfare#

Type: String

The location (e.g., street name) for the item according to guidelines established by the provider.

thumbnailData#

Type: String, Titanium.Blob

Image data for thumbnail for this item.

thumbnailURL#

Type: String

File URL pointing to a thumbnail image for this item.

timeSignature#

Type: String

The time signature of the musical composition contained in the audio/MIDI file.

title#

Type: String

The title of the particular item.

totalBitRate#

Type: Number

The total bit rate (audio and video combined) of the media.

url#

Type: String

URL of the item.

version#

Type: String

A version specifier for this item.

videoBitRate#

Type: Number

The video bit rate.

Methods #

addEventListener #

extended

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

Parameters:
NameTypeSummaryOptional
nameStringName of the event.No
callbackCallback<Titanium.Event>Callback function to invoke when the event is fired.No

applyProperties #

extended

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:
NameTypeSummaryOptional
propsDictionaryA dictionary of properties to apply.No

fireEvent #

extended

Fires a synthesized event to any registered listeners.

Parameters:
NameTypeSummaryOptional
nameStringName of the event.No
eventDictionaryA dictionary of keys and values to add to the Titanium.Event object sent to the listeners.Yes

removeEventListener #

extended

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:
NameTypeSummaryOptional
nameStringName of the event.No
callbackCallback<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"
});

itemAttr.contentDescription ="Tech Example \nOn: " + String.formatDate(new Date(),"short");
itemAttr.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));
    }
});

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