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How to get whole text from MultiAutoCompleteTextView?

I am using MultiAutoCompleteTextView.
When I select any item from a drop down then it displays in the MultiAutoCompleteTextView after I put some text in it. Adding some text after, I select a username from the auto complete and it comes in below the line I want it to.
I would like to get the text in the line with MultiAutoCompleteTextView having enough space to show it.

android how to search contacts by input strings and display results in scrollable list like in the sms messages

I want to implement contacts search like we have in the build in SMS messages app, when you have a text box to enter the contact name and for each letter you insert , a scrollable list of contacts which thier name starts with the input text is displayed on screen, right under the text box. If you delete all input or can't find sutable contact then the list disappear.
When the user selects one of the list items then its full name is written in the text box.
What controls should I use to implement this behaviour? Would EditText and a regular ListView will do?
I couldn't find examples...
Please help, thanks

You can use addTextChangeListener in your EditText and search value from your listview.
This link can help you.

How to display word dictionary with custom keypad in android

I have successfully created a custom key pad in my application but i am unable to find out how to display a dictionary of words like android default keypad which appear at the top whenever we type.

1st you need to take an AutoComplete TextView
Afterwards , you need to follow this example:
Creating a Search Interface
In this example the ListView's Data-Source is being changed when the text is entered in Search Bar.You need to change the Data-Source of AutoComplete TextView as the user enters different texts.
I hope this will solve your problem.

Android NOT autoComplete or spinner

I have related input text fields in my android application.
The user first enters a parent value (using autocomplete text)
for the related child text entry i have tried a spinner and autocomplete text.
the spinner shows existing values, which is a good start, however i need the user to be able to enter new values as well. Once the user adds a new value this will be incorporated in the drop down list on subsequent views of the screen.
the user may not know all available values so autocomplete doesnt satisfy my requirements as you have to know what is already in the list for it to assist you.
i feel spinner is the best starting point for my child text entry field.
How do i enable text entry into a spinner?
whats the "Best" solution for this problem?

Select Text In Android

Is it Possible to Display some text say a story, in an ANDROID app which also enables the user to select some text and perform some operations on that text..
the main idea is to display some text and when the user selects some text(a word or a sentence) i need to get that text for some further operation on that text.
we cant use text view as you cant select text in textview,and we cant use editview because the user should not be able to edit the contents of the text.

Why not display the text in a WebView and enable text selection?
It works pretty well in CodePad, which is open source so you can have a look at the code here.

My first try would be to display this text in a normal TextView. Then I would provide two or three buttons to implement the selection of a part of the text. For example 1 Button to start and end selection and 2 Buttons with arrows for increasing/decreasing the part of the selection.
To highlight the part of the text which is selected, I would for example color this part of the text in a different color.
Coloring of text can be either done by using Spannable or the HTML class.