My XML:
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="@+id/searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true"
android:completionThreshold="2"
android:hint="@string/search" />
MY java code:
AutoCompleteTextView eT = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed);
eT.addTextChangedListener(this);
String[] sa = new String[]{"apple", "mango", "banana", "apple mango", "mango banana"};
ArrayAdapter<String> aAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, sa);
eT.setAdapter(aAdapter);
This is not working atall....i mean its just working like an EditTextView. Where am i wrong??
complete code:
public class FeedListViewActivity extends ListActivity implements TextWatcher{
private AutoCompleteTextView eT;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.feed);
eT = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.searchAutoCompleteTextView_feed);
eT.addTextChangedListener(this);
Thread thread = new Thread(null, loadMoreListItems);
thread.start();
}
private Runnable returnRes = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
//code for other purposes
}
};
private Runnable loadMoreListItems = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
getProductNames();
// Done! now continue on the UI thread
runOnUiThread(returnRes);
}
};
protected void getProductNames() {
String[] sa = new String[]{"apple", "mango", "banana", "apple mango", "mango banana"};
ArrayAdapter<String> aAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(),
android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, sa);
eT.setAdapter(aAdapter);
}
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
I just saw your other question before seeing this one. I was struggling with autocomplete for some time and I almost reverted to your new implementation of downloading all the keywords until I finally got it to work. What I did was;
//In the onCreate
//The suggestArray is just a static array with a few keywords
this.suggestAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, this.suggestionsView, suggestArray);
//The setNotifyOnChange informs all views attached to the adapter to update themselves
//if the adapter is changed
this.suggestAdapter.setNotifyOnChange(true);
In my textwatcher's onTextChanged method, I get the suggests using an asynctask
//suggestsThread is an AsyncTask object
suggestsThread.cancel(true);
suggestsThread = new WertAgentThread();
suggestsThread.execute(s.toString());
In the AsyncTask's onPostExecute I then update the autocompletetextview
//suggestions is the result of the http request with the suggestions
this.suggestAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.suggestions, suggestions);
this.suggestions.setAdapter(this.suggestAdapter);
//notifydatasetchanged forces the dropdown to be shown.
this.suggestAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
See setNotifyOnChange and notifyDataSetChanged for more information