ios10-search-queries.js

// Create a new window
var win = Ti.UI.createWindow({
    backgroundColor: "#fff",
    barColor: "#fff",
    translucent: false,
    title: "Spotlight Search Query"
});

// Create a new list to display the results
var list = Ti.UI.createListView({
    allowsSelection: false,
    defaultItemTemplate: Ti.UI.LIST_ITEM_TEMPLATE_SUBTITLE,
    style: Ti.UI.iOS.ListViewStyle.GROUPED,
    rowHeight: 60
});

// Create a new attribute set with all necessary information
var itemAttr = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchableItemAttributeSet({
    itemContentType: Ti.App.iOS.UTTYPE_PLAIN_TEXT,
    title: "Titanium Core Spotlight Tutorial"
});

itemAttr.contentDescription = "Tech Example \nOn: " + String.formatDate(new Date(), "short");
itemAttr.keywords = ["Mobile", "Appcelerator", "Titanium"];
itemAttr.displayName = "Hello world";

var item = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchableItem({
    uniqueIdentifier: "titanium-tutorial",
    domainIdentifier: "com.appcelerator",
    attributeSet: itemAttr
});

// Add the item to the global Spotlight index
var indexer = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchableIndex();

indexer.addToDefaultSearchableIndex([item], function(e) {
    if (e.success) {
        Ti.API.info("Press the home button and now search for your keywords");
    } else {
        alert("Errored: " + JSON.stringify(e.error));
    }
});

// Create a button to trigger a new formatted search
var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({
    title: "Search"
});

btn.addEventListener("click", function() {
    // An array of found Ti.App.iOS.SearchableItem's
    var allItems = [];

    // The search-query
    var searchQuery = Ti.App.iOS.createSearchQuery({
        queryString: 'title == "Titanium*"',
        attributes: ["title", "displayName", "keywords", "contentType"]
    });

    // The event to be called when a new batch of items is found
    searchQuery.addEventListener("founditems", function(e) {
        for (var i = 0; i < e.items.length; i++) {
            allItems.push(e.items[i]);
        }
    });

    // The event to be called when the search-query completes
    searchQuery.addEventListener("completed", function(e) {
        if (!e.success) {
            alert(e.error);
        }

        var cells = [];

        // Loop through the results and access any properties you want
        for (var i = 0; i < allItems.length; i++) {
            var attributeSet = allItems[i].attributeSet
            var foundTitle = attributeSet.title
            var foundDisplayName = attributeSet.displayName

            cells.push({
                properties: {
                    title: foundTitle,
                    subtitle: attributeSet.keywords.join(", ")
                }
            });
        }

        list.setSections([Ti.UI.createListSection({
            items: cells,
            footerTitle: String(cells.length + " " + ((cells.length == 1) ? "result" : "results") + " found")
        })]);
        allItems = [];
    });

    // Start the search-query (or use searchQuery.cancel()) to abort it
    searchQuery.start();
});

// Add the previously created UI-elements
win.setRightNavButton(btn);
win.add(list);

// Open the window
var nav = Ti.UI.iOS.createNavigationWindow({
    window: win
});
nav.open();