Android ListActivity ArrayAdapter filtering with no physical keyboard?

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Published on 2010-05-12T05:49:00Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 5:54 UTC
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I have a ListActivity based on an ArrayAdapter with setTextFilterEnabled set to true. This works fine on a device with a physical keyboard. When I start typing something on the keyboard, the items get filtered.

My question is how to get the same behavior on a device with no physical keyboard?

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