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Android combined recent and custom search suggestions
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android_combined_search_suggestions.java
/**
* It's possible to combine recent and custom search suggestions. One way is to
* write a custom provider that extends SearchRecentSuggestionsProvider. If the
* custom provider has the same columns as SearchRecentSuggestionsProvider
* then the cursors can be easily 'merged'.
*
* In the .query() method of custom search provider, return the combined results:
*/
Cursor recentCursor = super.query(uri, projection, sel, selArgs, sortOrder);
Cursor[] cursors = new Cursor[] { recentCursor, customCursor};
return new MergeCursor(cursors);
// details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11329535/recent-searches-are-not-displayed-custom-suggestions-are
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