//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7642161/android-ormlite-like-function-is-not-working

try {    QueryBuilder<MakeDTO, Integer> qb = makeDao.queryBuilder();    qb.where().like("madeCompany", "%"+filterKey+"%");    PreparedQuery<MakeDTO> pq = qb.prepare();    return makeDao.query(pq);} catch (SQLException e) {    throw new AppException(e);}

http://ormlite.com/javadoc/ormlite-core/com/j256/ormlite/stmt/Where.html