Create AutoCompleteTextView in Layout Fileįollowing is the sample way to define AutoCompleteTextView control in the XML layout file in the android application. In android, we can create an AutoCompleteTextView control in two ways either in the XML layout file or create it in the Activity file programmatically. The dropdown list of suggestions can be closed at any time in case if no item is selected from the list or by pressing the back or enter key. The Threshold property of AutoCompleteTextView is used to define the minimum number of characters the user must type to see the list of suggestions. Generally, the dropdown list of suggestions can be obtained from the data adaptor and those suggestions will be appeared only after giving the number characters defined in the Threshold limit. The AutoCompleteTextView is a subclass of EditText class so we can inherit all the properties of EditText in AutoCompleteTextView based on our requirements.įollowing is the pictorial representation of using AutoCompleteTextView in android applications. The list of suggestions will be shown as a dropdown menu from which the user can choose an item to replace the content of the textbox. In android, AutoCompleteTextView is an editable text view which is used to show the list of suggestions based on the user typing text.

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