Here is my example of ListView
may be it helps :
adapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>(ModifyList.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,list);
lv.setAdapter( adapter);
a=adapter;
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
search_et.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence cs, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
ModifyList.this.a.getFilter().filter(cs);
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence arg0, int arg1, int arg2,
int arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});