In this tutorial basic concepts of AutoCompleteTextView and MultiAutoCompleteTextView control of Android is shown.<\/p>\n
Code:<\/p>\n
activity_main.xml<\/p>\n
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android=”http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/apk\/res\/android”
\nxmlns:tools=”http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/tools”
\nandroid:layout_width=”match_parent”
\nandroid:layout_height=”match_parent”
\nandroid:paddingBottom=”@dimen\/activity_vertical_margin”
\nandroid:paddingLeft=”@dimen\/activity_horizontal_margin”
\nandroid:paddingRight=”@dimen\/activity_horizontal_margin”
\nandroid:paddingTop=”@dimen\/activity_vertical_margin”
\ntools:context=”.MainActivity” ><\/p>\n
<AutoCompleteTextView
\nandroid:id=”@+id\/actv1″
\nandroid:layout_width=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_height=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_alignParentTop=”true”
\nandroid:layout_centerHorizontal=”true”
\nandroid:layout_marginTop=”58dp”
\nandroid:ems=”10″
\nandroid:hint=”Enter colors” ><\/p>\n
<requestFocus \/>
\n<\/AutoCompleteTextView><\/p>\n
<TextView
\nandroid:id=”@+id\/textView2″
\nandroid:layout_width=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_height=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_alignLeft=”@+id\/textView1″
\nandroid:layout_below=”@+id\/textView1″
\nandroid:layout_marginTop=”26dp”
\nandroid:text=”TextView” \/><\/p>\n
<MultiAutoCompleteTextView
\nandroid:id=”@+id\/mactv1″
\nandroid:layout_width=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_height=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_alignLeft=”@+id\/actv1″
\nandroid:layout_below=”@+id\/actv1″
\nandroid:layout_marginTop=”20dp”
\nandroid:ems=”10″
\nandroid:hint=”Enter colors”
\nandroid:completionThreshold=”1″ \/><\/p>\n
<Button
\nandroid:id=”@+id\/b1″
\nandroid:layout_width=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_height=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_centerHorizontal=”true”
\nandroid:layout_centerVertical=”true”
\nandroid:onClick=”onSubmit”
\nandroid:text=”Click Here” \/><\/p>\n
<TextView
\nandroid:id=”@+id\/textView1″
\nandroid:layout_width=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_height=”wrap_content”
\nandroid:layout_below=”@+id\/b1″
\nandroid:layout_centerHorizontal=”true”
\nandroid:layout_marginTop=”36dp”
\nandroid:text=”TextView” \/><\/p>\n
<\/RelativeLayout><\/p>\n
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MainActivity.java<\/p>\n
package com.example.demo;<\/p>\n
import android.os.Bundle;
\nimport android.app.Activity;
\nimport android.view.Menu;
\nimport android.view.View;
\nimport android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
\nimport android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;
\nimport android.widget.MultiAutoCompleteTextView;
\nimport android.widget.TextView;<\/p>\n
public class MainActivity extends Activity{<\/p>\n
AutoCompleteTextView actv;
\nMultiAutoCompleteTextView mactv;
\nTextView tv1,tv2;
\nfinal String color[]={“Red”,”Green”,”Yellow”,”Blue”,”Green1″,”Green2″,”Green3″,”Red1″,”Red2″};
\nString t1,t2;<\/p>\n
@Override
\nprotected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
\nsuper.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
\nsetContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
\nactv=(AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.actv1);
\nmactv=(MultiAutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.mactv1);
\ntv1=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
\ntv2=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView2);<\/p>\n
ArrayAdapter <String> ad1=new ArrayAdapter <String> (this,android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,color);
\nactv.setAdapter(ad1);
\nmactv.setAdapter(ad1);
\nmactv.setTokenizer(new MultiAutoCompleteTextView.CommaTokenizer());<\/p>\n
}<\/p>\n
public void onSubmit(View v)
\n{
\nt1=actv.getText().toString();
\nt2=mactv.getText().toString();<\/p>\n
tv1.setText(t1);
\ntv2.setText(t2);
\n}<\/p>\n
@Override
\npublic boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
\n\/\/ Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
\ngetMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
\nreturn true;
\n}<\/p>\n
}<\/p>\n