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This example does not contain a UI. Results will be logged in Android Studio.

Note

This example is a part of the Search SDK for Android sample app. You can find the values for all referenced resources in the res directory. For example, see res/values/strings.xml for R.string.* references used in this example. The dependencies can be found here.The examples use View binding.See setup documention if necessary.

MainActivity.java
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package com.mapbox.search.sample.api;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.mapbox.search.CategorySearchOptions;
import com.mapbox.search.ResponseInfo;
import com.mapbox.search.SearchCallback;
import com.mapbox.search.SearchEngine;
import com.mapbox.search.SearchEngineSettings;
import com.mapbox.search.common.AsyncOperationTask;
import com.mapbox.search.result.SearchResult;
import com.mapbox.search.sample.BuildConfig;
import com.mapbox.search.sample.R;

import java.util.List;

public class CategorySearchJavaExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private AsyncOperationTask searchRequestTask;

    private final SearchCallback searchCallback = new SearchCallback() {

        @Override
        public void onResults(@NonNull List<SearchResult> results, @NonNull ResponseInfo responseInfo) {
            if (results.isEmpty()) {
                Log.i("SearchApiExample", "No category search results");
            } else {
                Log.i("SearchApiExample", "Category search results: " + results);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onError(@NonNull Exception e) {
            Log.i("SearchApiExample", "Search error", e);
        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        final SearchEngine searchEngine = SearchEngine.createSearchEngineWithBuiltInDataProviders(
            new SearchEngineSettings(getString(R.string.mapbox_access_token))
        );

        final CategorySearchOptions options = new CategorySearchOptions.Builder()
            .limit(1)
            .build();

        searchRequestTask = searchEngine.search("cafe", options, searchCallback);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        searchRequestTask.cancel();
        super.onDestroy();
    }
}
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