I am updating list view with json data from localhost, it works well shows all the data comes from server. Now i am trying to add a search method in this activity. Tried some code but it gives an error don't know how to handle it. Please help me applying the search method.
/* Background Async Task to Load all person data by making HTTP Request
 */
class LoadPersonData extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
                List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
                // getting JSON string from URL
                JSONObject json = jParser.makeHttpRequest(url, "GET", params);
try {
                    // Checking for SUCCESS TAG
                    int success = json.getInt(TAG_SUCCESS);
                    if (success == 1) {
                        person = json.getJSONArray(TAG_PRODUCTS);
                        for (int i = 0; i < person.length(); i++) {
                            JSONObject c = person.getJSONObject(i);
                            // Storing each one in variable
                            String mp_id = c.getString(TAG_PID);
                            String mp_name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
                            String mp_gender = c.getString(TAG_GENDER);
                            String mp_age = c.getString(TAG_REPAGE);
                            String repoter_name = c.getString(TAG_REPNAME);
                            String repoter_contact = c.getString(TAG_REPPHONE);
                            // creating HashMap
                            HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
                            // adding each child node to HashMap key => value
                            map.put(TAG_PID, mp_id);
                            map.put(TAG_NAME, "Name: "+ mp_name);
                            map.put(TAG_GENDER, "Gender: "+ mp_gender);
                            map.put(TAG_REPAGE, "Age: "+ mp_age);
                            map.put(TAG_REPNAME, "Report Person: "+ repoter_name);
                            map.put(TAG_REPPHONE, "Reprt Person#: "+ repoter_contact);
                            // adding HashList to ArrayList
                            personList.add(map);
                        }
                    } else {
                        // no person from json
                        // Launch Add New product Activity
                        Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
                                AddNewPerson.class);
                        // Closing all previous activities
                        i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
                        startActivity(i);
                    }
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
  return null
}
 protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
                // updating UI from Background Thread
                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        /**
                         * Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
                         * */
                        ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
                                AllFoundPerson.this, productsList,
                                R.layout.list_item_found, new String[] { TAG_PID,
                                        TAG_NAME, TAG_GENDER, TAG_REPAGE, TAG_REPNAME, TAG_REPPHONE},
                                new int[] { R.id.fpid, R.id.namefound, R.id.genderfound,R.id.agefound, R.id.repoter_found, R.id.repoterphone_found });
setListAdapter(adapter);
// MY CODE IS WORKING WELL TILL HERE BUT WHEN I ADDED THE BELOW METHOD THE APP JUST CRASHED
// Applying Search method
                        inputSearch.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
                            @Override
                            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence cs, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) {
                                // When user changed the Text
                                AllFoundPerson.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs); // Error in adapter, adator is not a field
                            }
                            @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                          
                            }
                        }); 
                }
            });
        }
    }
}
Here is  error in this field AllFoundPerson.this.adapter.getFilter().filter(cs);adaptor cannot be resolved or not field
list_item_found.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/fpid"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:visibility="gone"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/namefound"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="6dip"
        android:paddingLeft="6dp"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:textColor="#FF00FF"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
        <TextView
        android:id="@+id/genderfound"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="6dp"
        android:paddingLeft="6dp"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/agefound"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="6dip"
        android:paddingLeft="6dp"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/repoter_found"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="6dp"
        android:paddingLeft="6dp"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/repoterphone_found"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="6dp"
        android:paddingLeft="6dp"
        android:textSize="17sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
all_found_person.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
     <!-- Editext for Search -->
    <EditText android:id="@+id/inputSearch"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Enter a name to Search.."
        android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"/>
    <!-- List View -->
    <ListView
        android:id="@android:id/list"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
Edited:
After i added the adapter as a class member ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;the error has gone but when i run the app i see the list but when enter any key in the search box the app just gone crashed here is my logcat details.

10-06 13:47:30.880: D/AndroidRuntime(4069): Shutting down VM
10-06 13:47:30.880: W/dalvikvm(4069): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0xb3fcd4f0)
10-06 13:47:30.880: D/AndroidRuntime(4069): procName from cmdline: com.DRMS.disas_recovery
10-06 13:47:30.880: E/AndroidRuntime(4069): in writeCrashedAppName, pkgName :com.DRMS.disas_recovery
10-06 13:47:30.880: D/AndroidRuntime(4069): file written successfully with content: com.DRMS.disas_recovery StringBuffer : ;com.DRMS.disas_recovery