For my app, I'm trying to get the autocomplete suggestion box to pop up for multiple inputs in the textbox.
For example, let's say the input is "Alice, Bob, Charlie". The user begins to type in "Alice" and selects the name from the suggestions, updating the text view with "Alice, ". Then the user types in "Bob" and the suggestion box pops up again, so the user clicks the name and the text view updates to "Alice, Bob, ". And so on.
The default AutoCompleteTextView in Android doesn't seem to support that kind of functionality of having the suggestions box pop up for each input, only for the first input. How do I go about having the suggestion box pop up for each input?
OK, I figured it out, had to use MultiAutoCompleteTextView instead of AutoCompleteTextView.
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I want to show suggestions not only as starting character but also a containing character... means 's' suggestions should be like tags,pas,also, and so on.
#sagar jagdale :
You can use Android AutoCompleteTextView.
It provides suggestions automatically when the user is typing. The list of suggestions is displayed in a drop down menu from which the user can choose an item to replace the content of the edit box with.
Check Demo Android AutoCompleteTextView Example
Even a Snippet of an android code to Integrate Google Search into an Edit text will be really useful, according to my requirement i don't want the google search data or whatever but only the dropdown so that it will b easier for people to type and don't have to waste time :)
You can see about the componenent is AutoCompleteTextView
An editable text view that shows completion suggestions automatically while the user is typing. The list of suggestions is displayed in a drop down menu from which the user can choose an item to replace the content of the edit box with.
In Xamarin, how can I develop an input box that when the user inputs text, a dropdown list/menu appears with items that the user can click on?
What type of input control do I need, and how do I code the dropdown list?
Thanks in advance
You have to put the combination of EditText and ListView to perform this. Refer this Link Android Hive for more details.
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.
Is there a way to get an array of the suggestions strings which are shown when you typing in EditText? The problem is I have an EditText and in case of user use "Show Suggestions" option the result of the string from this EditText is different in case of user pressed, lets say UI button (this is a Button from the layout), and a return button at the soft keyboard. In first case user gets an exact string but in second - it gets corrected (suggested) string even user do NOT select this suggestion. How to solve this problem? How to get from EditText "suggested" string? Do I need to implement my own IME?
Maybe this can help you ? Hello Auto Complete
Or if you want to write one on your own.. Writing your own autocompleteview
Are you trying to disable suggestions or to modify them?
If you want to disable them completely, check this out:
How to disable displaying "suggestions" on the Soft Keyboard