Android AutoCompleteTextView for auto complete texts under an EditText
This example demonstrates how to use the AutoCompleteTextView in Android. AutoCompleteTextView is similar to EditText except that it can show a dropdown list of suggested texts while you type
arrays.xml which contains the suggested texts
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string-array name="months"> <item>January</item> <item>February</item> <item>March</item> <item>April</item> <item>May</item> <item>June</item> <item>July</item> <item>August</item> <item>September</item> <item>October</item> <item>November</item> <item>December</item> </string-array> </resources>
AutoCompleteTextView view in an Activity layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" tools:context="com.example.autocompletetextview.MainActivity"> <AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/months" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="10dip" android:layout_marginRight="10dip" android:textStyle="bold" android:hint="Enter a month" android:width="250dip" /> </LinearLayout>
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { AutoCompleteTextView autoCompleteTextView; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); String[] months = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.months); autoCompleteTextView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.months); ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, months); autoCompleteTextView.setAdapter(adapter); autoCompleteTextView.setThreshold(1); } }
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