The following code show how to use ArrayAdapter to fill data to AutoCompleteTextView.
Layout 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:id="@+id/selection" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> <AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/edit" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:completionThreshold="3"/> </LinearLayout>
Java code
import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.text.Editable; import android.text.TextWatcher; import android.view.View; import android.widget.AdapterView; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView; import android.widget.TextView; /* w w w . j a va 2 s . c o m*/ public class MainActivity extends Activity implements TextWatcher { TextView selection; AutoCompleteTextView edit; String[] items={"lorem", "ipsum", "dolor", "sit", "amet", "porttitor", "sodales", "pellentesque", "augue", "purus"}; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); selection=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.selection); edit=(AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.edit); edit.addTextChangedListener(this); edit.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, items)); } public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) { selection.setText(edit.getText()); } public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,int count, int after) { } public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { } }