In OnCreate() Method add addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() to an EditText View

example:

  searchEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
                    int count) {      }

        @Override
        public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
                int after) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        }

        @Override
        public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
            System.out.println("in Add text change Listner afterText change "+s);
            searchLocation(s.toString());
        }
    });

Use Custom adapter to Set the ListView. By using on listview.setAdapter(adapter);

Create a Function for search list:

public void searchLocation(String search) { SEARCH_DATA.clear();
int c=0; for(int i=0;i

            SEARCH_DATA.add(holder);
            System.out.println("Name searched ::"+SEARCH_DATA.get(c).getName());
            c++;
            //favArray[i]=DATA.get(i).name+" "+DATA.get(i).number;
        }
    }

    adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    //adapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated();
    //setupLocationListView.invalidate();
}