AutoCompleteTextView Example

AutoCompleteTextView is similar to EditText except that it shows a list of completion suggestions automatically while the user is typing. The list of suggestions is displayed in a drop down menu from which the user can choose an item to replace the content of the edit box with.

AutoCompleteTextView Example

Project Name : AutoCompleteTextViewDemo

Package : com.sunil.actvdemo

Build Target : Android 2.2

main.xml

(File : res/layout/main.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:orientation="vertical"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   >
<TextView
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="What is your fav development platform ?"
   />
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/actvDev"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>

AutoCompleteTextViewDemoActivity

(File : AutoCompleteTextViewDemoActivity.java)

package com.sunil.actvdemo;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;

public class AutoCompleteTextViewDemoActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   
    //Creating an create an array of Dev Platforms
   
    String[] devplatforms =
         {
         "C",
         "C++",
         "Java",
         "C#.NET",
         "iPhone",
         "Android",
         "ASP.NET",
         "PHP",
         "Python",
         };
   
   
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
       
      
   ArrayAdapter<String> adapter =
         new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,devplatforms);
  
  
   AutoCompleteTextView actvDev = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.actvDev);
   actvDev.setThreshold(1);
   actvDev.setAdapter(adapter);
       
       
       
    }
}

Demo

When you run this application you see the following output -

And when you type in AutoCompleteTextView it automatically pop-up the suggestions like this -

You can also download the source code of this example.