Template Proposals in Android Studio - android

In Eclipse, I can put my cursor on a method name and hit ctrl-space and I get a list of available template proposals.
In Android Studio, when I'm typing a method name and open paren, I get a list of template proposals, but afterwards, how do I see the list again? I've already got show quick doc on mouse move, but that only shows the method signature I selected at first. I want to see alternatives to what I selected the first time through.
How do I show alternative method signatures, aka alternative template proposals?
EDIT:
Thanks to AndroidMechanic for answering Ctrl-P.
Here is what it looks like in Android Studio:
Here is what it looks like in Eclipse: . Notice that you're presented with the documentation in Eclipse, which I find helpful. But Ctrl-P gets me most of the way there.

In android studio to see all method overloads click inside the parenthesis and hit Ctrl + P. This will show you the different combinations you could pass as parameters to a method.

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