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             description="How to start building TV apps or extend your existing app to run on TV

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             Helping Users Find Content on TV</a>

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            <a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>training/tv/discovery/recommendations.html">

              Recommending TV Content</a>

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            <a href="<?cs var:toroot ?>training/tv/discovery/in-app-search.html">

              Searching within TV Apps</a>

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page.title=Adding Search to TV Apps

page.title=Searching within TV Apps

page.tags="leanback"

trainingnavtop=true

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<div id="qv-wrapper">

<div id="qv">

  <h2>In this document</h2>

<div id="tb-wrapper">

<div id="tb">

  <h2>This lesson teaches you to</h2>

  <ol>

    <li><a href="#add-search-ui">Add Search User Interface</a></li>

    <li><a href="#add-search-action">Add a Search Action</a></li>

    <li><a href="#add-search-ui">Add Search Input and Results</a></li>

  </ol>

</div>

</div>

<p>Users frequently have specific content in mind when using a media app. A search interface can

  help your users get to the content they want faster than browsing. The Leanback library provides a

  set of classes to enable a standard search interface within your app that is consistent with other

  search functions on TV and provides features such as voice input.</p>

<p>

  Users frequently have specific content in mind when using a media app on TV. If your app contains

  a large catalog of content, browsing for a specific title may not be the most efficient way for

  users to find what they are looking for. A search interface can help your users get to the

  content they want faster than browsing.

</p>

<p>

  The <a href="{@docRoot}tools/support-library/features.html#v17-leanback">Leanback support

  library</a> provides a set of classes to enable a standard search interface within your app that

  is consistent with other search functions on TV and provides features such as voice input.

</p>

<p>

  This lesson discusses how to provide a search interface in your app using Leanback support

  library classes.

</p>

<h2 id="add-search-action">Add a Search Action</h2>

<h2 id="add-search-ui">Add Search User Interface</h2>

<p>When you use the BrowseFragment class for your media browsing interface, you can enable the

  search icon by setting an OnClickListener to the BrowseFragment object. The following sample code

  demonstrates this technique.</p>

<p>

  When you use the {@link android.support.v17.leanback.app.BrowseFragment} class for a media

  browsing interface, you can enable a search interface as a standard part of the user

  interface. The search interface is an icon that appears in the layout when you set {@link

  android.view.View.OnClickListener} on the {@link android.support.v17.leanback.app.BrowseFragment}

  object. The following sample code demonstrates this technique.

</p>

<pre>

@Override

<p class="note">

  <strong>Note:</strong> You can set the color of the search icon using the

  {@code setSearchAffordanceColor()} method of {@code BrowseFragment}.

  {@link android.support.v17.leanback.app.BrowseFragment#setSearchAffordanceColor}.

</p>

<h2 id="add-search-ui">Add a Search Input and Results</h2>

<p>

  When a user selects the search icon, the system invokes a search activity via the defined intent.

  Your search activity should use a linear layout containing a {@link

  android.support.v17.leanback.app.SearchFragment}. This fragment must also implement the {@link

  android.support.v17.leanback.app.SearchFragment.SearchResultProvider} interface in order to

  display the results of a search.

</p>

<p>When a user selects the search icon, the system invokes a search activity via the defined

  Intent. Your search activity should use a linear layout containing a SearchFragment. This fragment

  must also implement the SearchFragment.SearchResultProvider interface in order to display the

  results of a search. The following code sample shows how to extend the SearchFragment class to

  provide a search interface and results:</p>

<p>

  The following code sample shows how to extend the {@link

  android.support.v17.leanback.app.SearchFragment} class to provide a search interface and results:

</p>

<pre>

public class MySearchFragment extends SearchFragment

}

</pre>

<p>This example code shown above is meant to be used with a separate {@code SearchRunnable}

  class that runs the search query on a separate thread. This technique keeps potentially

  slow-running queries from blocking the main user interface thread.</p>

<p>

  The example code shown above is meant to be used with a separate {@code SearchRunnable} class

  that runs the search query on a separate thread. This technique keeps potentially slow-running

  queries from blocking the main user interface thread.

</p>

page.title=Helping Users Find Content on TV

startpage=true

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  <h2>Dependencies and Prerequisites</h2>

  <ul>

    <li>Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher</li>

  </ul>

  <h2>You should also read</h2>

  <ul>

    <li><a href="{@docRoot}design/tv/index.html">

      Design for TV</a></li>

  </ul>

</div>

</div>

<p>

  TV devices offer many entertainment options for users. They have thousands of content options

  from apps and related content services. At the same time, most users prefer to use TVs with the

  least amount of input possible. With the amount of choice available to users, it is important for

  app developers to provide quick and easy paths for users to discover and enjoy your content.

</p>

<p>

  The Android framework helps you provide a number of paths for users to discover your content,

  including recommendations on the home screen and searching within your app's content catalog.

</p>

<p>

  This class shows you how to help users discover your app's content through recommendations and

  in-app searching.

</p>

<h2>Topics</h2>

<dl>

  <dt><b><a href="recommendations.html">Recommending TV Content</a></b></dt>

    <dd>Learn how to recommend content for users so that it appears in the recommendations row

      on the home screen of a TV device.</dd>

  <dt><b><a href="in-app-search.html">Searching within TV Apps</a></b></dt>

    <dd>Learn how to use a built-for-TV user interface for searching within your app.</dd>

</dl>

page.title=Making Recommendations

page.title=Recommending TV Content

page.tags="recommendation","recommend"

trainingnavtop=true

@jd:body

<div id="qv-wrapper">

<div id="qv">

  <h2>In this document</h2>

<div id="tb-wrapper">

<div id="tb">

  <h2>This lesson teaches you to</h2>

  <ol>

    <li><a href="#service">Create a Recommendations Service</a></li>

    <li><a href="#build">Build Recommendations</a></li>

    <li><a href="#run-service">Run Recommendations Service</a></li>

  </ol>

</div>

</div>

<p>

  When interacting with TVs, users generally prefer to give minimal input before watching

  content. An ideal scenario for many TV users is: sit down, turn on, and watch. The fewest steps

  to get users to content they enjoy is generally the path they prefer.

</p>

<p>Content recommendations appear as the first row of the TV launch screen after the first use

  of the device. This row is intended to help users quickly find content they enjoy. Contributing

  recommendations from your apps content catalog can help bring users back to your app.</p>

<p>

  The Android framework assists with minimum-input interaction by providing a recommendations row

  on the home screen. Content recommendations appear as the first row of the TV launch screen after

  the first use of the device. Contributing recommendations from your app's content catalog can help

  bring users back to your app.

</p>

<img src="{@docRoot}preview/tv/images/home-recommendations.png" alt="" id="figure1" />

<p class="img-caption">

  <strong>Figure 1.</strong> An example of the recommendations row.

</p>

<p>

  This lesson teaches you how to create recommendations and provide them to the Android framework

  so your app content can be easily discovered and enjoyed by users.

</p>

<h2 id="service">Create a Recommendations Service</h2>

<p>Content recommendations are created with background processing. In order for your application

  to contribute to recommendations, you create a service that periodically adds listings from your

  app's catalog to the system list of recommendations.</p>

<p>

  Content recommendations are created with background processing. In order for your application to

  contribute to recommendations, create a service that periodically adds listings from your

  app's catalog to the system list of recommendations.

</p>

<p>The following code example illustrates how to extend the {@link android.app.IntentService} to

  create a recommendation service for your application.</p>

<p>

  The following code example illustrates how to extend {@link android.app.IntentService} to

  create a recommendation service for your application:

</p>

<pre>

public class RecommendationsService extends IntentService {

}

</pre>

<p>In order for this class to be recognized and run as a service, you must register this service

  using your app manifest. The following code snippet illustrates how to add this class as a

  service:</p>

<p>

  In order for this service to be recognized by the system and run, register it using your

  app manifest. The following code snippet illustrates how to declare this class as a service:

</p>

<pre>

<manifest ... >

</manifest>

</pre>

<h2 id="build">Build Recommendations</h2>

<p>Once it starts running, your service must create recommendations and pass them to the Android

  framework. The framework receives the recommendations as {@link android.app.Notification} objects

  that use a specific style and are marked with a specific category.</p>

<p>

  Once your recommendation server starts running, it must create recommendations and pass them to

  the Android framework. The framework receives the recommendations as {@link

  android.app.Notification} objects that use a specific template and are marked with a specific

  category.

</p>

<p>The following code example demonstrates how to get an instance of the {@link

  android.app.NotificationManager}, build a recommendation, and post it to the manager:</p>

<p>

  The following code example demonstrates how to get an instance of the {@link

  android.app.NotificationManager}, build a recommendation, and post it to the manager:

</p>

<pre>

public class RecommendationsService extends IntentService {

                new NotificationCompat.Builder(context)

                        .setContentTitle(movie.getTitle())

                        .setContentText(movie.getDescription())

                        .setContentInfo(APP_NAME)

                        .setGroup("ActionMovies")

                        .setSortKey("0.8")

                        .setPriority(movie.getPriority())

                        .setOngoing(true)

                        .setColor(#FFFF2020)

                        .setCategory("recommendation")

                        .setLargeIcon(movie.getImage())

                        .setSmallIcon(movie.getSmallIcon())

<h3 id="run-service">Run Recommendations Service</h3>

<p>Your app's recommendation service must run periodically in order to create current

  recommendations. In order to run your service, you should create a class that runs a timer and

  invokes it at regular intervals. The following code example extends the {@link

<p>

  Your app's recommendation service must run periodically in order to create current

  recommendations. To run your service, create a class that runs a timer and invokes

  it at regular intervals. The following code example extends the {@link

  android.content.BroadcastReceiver} class to start periodic execution of a recommendation service

  every 12 hours:</p>

  every 12 hours:

</p>

<pre>

public class BootupReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

}

</pre>

<p>In order for the {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver} class to execute after a TV

  device starts up, you must register this class in your app manifest and attach an intent filter

  in order for the device boot process to complete. This sample code demonstrates how to add this

  configuration to the manifest:</p>

<p>

  This implementation of the {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver} class must run after start

  up of the TV device where it is installed. To accomplish this, register this class in your app

  manifest with an intent filter that listens for the completion of the device boot process. The

  following sample code demonstrates how to add this configuration to the manifest:

</p>

<pre>

<manifest ... >

<p class="important">

  <strong>Important:</strong> Receiving a boot completed notification requires that your app

  request the {@link android.Manifest.permission#RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED} permission.

  requests the {@link android.Manifest.permission#RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED} permission.

  For more information, see {@link android.content.Intent#ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED}.

</p>