Quick Search Box to filter adapter

Right now I have a list activity powered by a cursor adapter. I have a AutoCompleteTextView that allows the user to filter the list. Code looks like this:

filterText = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.search_box);
filterText.setAdapter(mAdapter);
filterText.setDropDownHeight(0); // hide the drop down, just filter the listActivity
filterText.setThreshold(1);

It works great. I want to switch to the Quick Search Box so I don't take up so much screen space and I feel like the Quick Search Box is more UI standard. The problem is the Quick Search Box doesn't really filter a list very well. It doesn't broadcast the intent on every letter typed (only when you click the search button). Is the开发者_运维知识库re a good tutorial on how to do this somewhere?

I decided to stick with the filter text and now worry about the Quick Search Box. android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" was very helpful in making the decision