Auto-complete Text view in android.

In this post we look into the auto complete text view and how it will be used in your app.

Steps 1)Include the Auto-complete Text-view in your XML as following:-

<AutoCompleteTextView
                    android:id="@+id/txt_autoview"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:singleLine="true"
                    android:text=""
                    android:textColor="#000000"
   />

Steps 2)Implements an interface as following:-

public class Depots extends Activity implements TextWatcher {

AutoCompleteTextView  txt_market;
List<String> market;

}

Steps 3)Add the following in your onCreate():-

market = new ArrayList<String>();
txt_market = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.txt_autoview);

//Before you setting an adapter to the textview you have to add an items to the arraylist.

txt_market.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, market));


Steps 4)Add the Unimplemented methods for your Text Watcher interface.


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