public class

AutoCompleteTextView

extends EditText
implements Filter.FilterListener

java.lang.Object
↳	android.view.View
	↳	android.widget.TextView
		↳	android.widget.EditText
			↳	android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView

Known Direct Subclasses

MultiAutoCompleteTextView

Class Overview

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.

The drop down can be dismissed at any time by pressing the back key or, if no item is selected in the drop down, by pressing the enter/dpad center key.

The list of suggestions is obtained from a data adapter and appears only after a given number of characters defined by the threshold.

The following code snippet shows how to create a text view which suggests various countries names while the user is typing:

 public class CountriesActivity extends Activity {
     protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
         super.onCreate(icicle);
         setContentView(R.layout.countries);

         ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                 android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, COUNTRIES);
         AutoCompleteTextView textView = (AutoCompleteTextView)
                 findViewById(R.id.countries_list);
         textView.setAdapter(adapter);
     }

     private static final String[] COUNTRIES = new String[] {
         "Belgium", "France", "Italy", "Germany", "Spain"
     };
 }

Summary

Nested Classes
public class	AutoCompleteTextView.Validator	This interface is used to make sure that the text entered in this TextView complies to a certain format.

XML Attributes
Attribute Name	Related Method	Description
android:completionHint	setCompletionHint(CharSequence)	Defines the hint displayed in the drop down menu.
android:completionHintView		Defines the hint view displayed in the drop down menu.
android:completionThreshold	setThreshold(int)	Defines the number of characters that the user must type before completion suggestions are displayed in a drop down menu.
android:dropDownSelector		Selector in a drop down list.

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Inherited XML Attributes

From class android.widget.TextView

From class android.view.View

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Inherited Constants

From class android.view.View

Public Constructors
	AutoCompleteTextView(Context context)
	AutoCompleteTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
	AutoCompleteTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)

Public Methods
void	dismissDropDown() Closes the drop down if present on screen.
boolean	enoughToFilter() Returns `true` if the amount of text in the field meets or exceeds the getThreshold() requirement.
ListAdapter	getAdapter() Returns a filterable list adapter used for auto completion.
AdapterView.OnItemClickListener	getItemClickListener() Returns the listener that is notified whenever the user clicks an item in the drop down list.
AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener	getItemSelectedListener() Returns the listener that is notified whenever the user selects an item in the drop down list.
int	getThreshold() Returns the number of characters the user must type before the drop down list is shown.
AutoCompleteTextView.Validator	getValidator() Returns the Validator set with setValidator(AutoCompleteTextView.Validator), or `null` if it was not set.
boolean	isPopupShowing() Indicates whether the popup menu is showing.
void	onFilterComplete(int count) Notifies the end of a filtering operation.
boolean	onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform press of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released, if the view is enabled and clickable.
boolean	onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform clicking of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released.
void	onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) Called when the window containing this view gains or loses focus.
void	performCompletion() Performs the text completion by converting the selected item from the drop down list into a string, replacing the text box's content with this string and finally dismissing the drop down menu.
void	performValidation() If a validator was set on this view and the current string is not valid, ask the validator to fix it.
<T extends ListAdapter & Filterable> void	setAdapter(T adapter) Changes the list of data used for auto completion.
void	setCompletionHint(CharSequence hint) Sets the optional hint text that is displayed at the bottom of the the matching list.
void	setOnItemClickListener(AdapterView.OnItemClickListener l) Sets the listener that will be notified when the user clicks an item in the drop down list.
void	setOnItemSelectedListener(AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener l) Sets the listener that will be notified when the user selects an item in the drop down list.
void	setThreshold(int threshold) Specifies the minimum number of characters the user has to type in the edit box before the drop down list is shown.
void	setValidator(AutoCompleteTextView.Validator validator)
void	showDropDown() Displays the drop down on screen.

Protected Methods
CharSequence	convertSelectionToString(Object selectedItem) Converts the selected item from the drop down list into a sequence of character that can be used in the edit box.
Filter	getFilter() Returns the Filter obtained from getFilter(), or `null` if setAdapter(T) was not called with a Filterable.
void	onDetachedFromWindow() This is called when the view is detached from a window.
void	onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) Called by the view system when the focus state of this view changes.
void	onTextChanged(CharSequence text, int start, int before, int after) This method is called when the text is changed, in case any subclasses would like to know.
void	performFiltering(CharSequence text, int keyCode) Starts filtering the content of the drop down list.
void	replaceText(CharSequence text) Performs the text completion by replacing the current text by the selected item.
boolean	setFrame(int l, int t, int r, int b) Assign a size and position to this view.

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Inherited Methods

From class android.widget.EditText

From class android.widget.TextView

void	addTextChangedListener(TextWatcher watcher) Adds a TextWatcher to the list of those whose methods are called whenever this TextView's text changes.
final void	append(CharSequence text) Convenience method: Append the specified text to the TextView's display buffer, upgrading it to BufferType.EDITABLE if it was not already editable.
void	append(CharSequence text, int start, int end) Convenience method: Append the specified text slice to the TextView's display buffer, upgrading it to BufferType.EDITABLE if it was not already editable.
int	computeHorizontalScrollRange() Compute the horizontal range that the horizontal scrollbar represents.
void	computeScroll() Called by a parent to request that a child update its values for mScrollX and mScrollY if necessary.
int	computeVerticalScrollRange() Compute the vertical range that the vertical scrollbar represents.
void	debug(int depth) Prints information about this view in the log output, with the tag VIEW_LOG_TAG.
void	drawableStateChanged() This function is called whenever the state of the view changes in such a way that it impacts the state of drawables being shown.
final int	getAutoLinkMask() Gets the autolink mask of the text.
int	getBaseline() Return the offset of the widget's text baseline from the widget's top boundary.
int	getBottomPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the bottom fading region.
int	getCompoundDrawablePadding() Returns the padding between the compound drawables and the text.
Drawable[]	getCompoundDrawables() Returns drawables for the left, top, right, and bottom borders.
int	getCompoundPaddingBottom() Returns the bottom padding of the view, plus space for the bottom Drawable if any.
int	getCompoundPaddingLeft() Returns the left padding of the view, plus space for the left Drawable if any.
int	getCompoundPaddingRight() Returns the right padding of the view, plus space for the right Drawable if any.
int	getCompoundPaddingTop() Returns the top padding of the view, plus space for the top Drawable if any.
final int	getCurrentHintTextColor() Return the current color selected to paint the hint text.
final int	getCurrentTextColor() Return the current color selected for normal text.
boolean	getDefaultEditable() Subclasses override this to specify that they have a KeyListener by default even if not specifically called for in the XML options.
MovementMethod	getDefaultMovementMethod() Subclasses override this to specify a default movement method.
TextUtils.TruncateAt	getEllipsize() Returns where, if anywhere, words that are longer than the view is wide should be ellipsized.
CharSequence	getError() Returns the error message that was set to be displayed with setError(CharSequence), or `null` if no error was set or if it the error was cleared by the widget after user input.
int	getExtendedPaddingBottom() Returns the extended bottom padding of the view, including both the bottom Drawable if any and any extra space to keep more than maxLines of text from showing.
int	getExtendedPaddingTop() Returns the extended top padding of the view, including both the top Drawable if any and any extra space to keep more than maxLines of text from showing.
InputFilter[]	getFilters() Returns the current list of input filters.
void	getFocusedRect(Rect r) When a view has focus and the user navigates away from it, the next view is searched for starting from the rectangle filled in by this method.
boolean	getFreezesText() Return whether this text view is including its entire text contents in frozen icicles.
int	getGravity() Returns the horizontal and vertical alignment of this TextView.
CharSequence	getHint() Returns the hint that is displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.
final ColorStateList	getHintTextColors() Return the color used to paint the hint text.
final KeyListener	getKeyListener()
final Layout	getLayout()
float	getLeftFadingEdgeStrength() Returns the strength, or intensity, of the left faded edge.
int	getLeftPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the left fading region.
int	getLineBounds(int line, Rect bounds) Return the baseline for the specified line (0...getLineCount() - 1) If bounds is not null, return the top, left, right, bottom extents of the specified line in it.
int	getLineCount() Return the number of lines of text, or 0 if the internal Layout has not been built.
int	getLineHeight()
final ColorStateList	getLinkTextColors() Returns the color used to paint links in the text.
final boolean	getLinksClickable() Returns whether the movement method will automatically be set to LinkMovementMethod if setAutoLinkMask(int) has been set to nonzero and links are detected in setText(char[], int, int).
final MovementMethod	getMovementMethod()
TextPaint	getPaint()
int	getPaintFlags()
float	getRightFadingEdgeStrength() Returns the strength, or intensity, of the right faded edge.
int	getRightPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the right fading region.
int	getSelectionEnd() Convenience for getSelectionEnd(CharSequence).
int	getSelectionStart() Convenience for getSelectionStart(CharSequence).
CharSequence	getText() Return the text the TextView is displaying.
static int	getTextColor(Context context, TypedArray attrs, int def) Returns the default color from the TextView_textColor attribute from the AttributeSet, if set, or the default color from the TextAppearance_textColor from the TextView_textAppearance attribute, if TextView_textColor was not set directly.
final ColorStateList	getTextColors() Return the set of text colors.
static ColorStateList	getTextColors(Context context, TypedArray attrs) Returns the TextView_textColor attribute from the Resources.StyledAttributes, if set, or the TextAppearance_textColor from the TextView_textAppearance attribute, if TextView_textColor was not set directly.
float	getTextScaleX()
float	getTextSize()
int	getTopPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the top fading region.
int	getTotalPaddingBottom() Returns the total bottom padding of the view, including the bottom Drawable if any, the extra space to keep more than maxLines from showing, and the vertical offset for gravity, if any.
int	getTotalPaddingLeft() Returns the total left padding of the view, including the left Drawable if any.
int	getTotalPaddingRight() Returns the total right padding of the view, including the right Drawable if any.
int	getTotalPaddingTop() Returns the total top padding of the view, including the top Drawable if any, the extra space to keep more than maxLines from showing, and the vertical offset for gravity, if any.
final TransformationMethod	getTransformationMethod()
Typeface	getTypeface()
URLSpan[]	getUrls() Returns the list of URLSpans attached to the text (by Linkify or otherwise) if any.
boolean	hasSelection() Return true iff there is a selection inside this text view.
boolean	isPaddingOffsetRequired() If the View draws content inside its padding and enables fading edges, it needs to support padding offsets.
int	length() Returns the length, in characters, of the text managed by this TextView
void	onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu) Views should implement this if the view itself is going to add items to the context menu.
void	onDetachedFromWindow() This is called when the view is detached from a window.
void	onDraw(Canvas canvas) Implement this to do your drawing.
void	onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) Called by the view system when the focus state of this view changes.
boolean	onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform press of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released, if the view is enabled and clickable.
boolean	onKeyShortcut(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Called when an unhandled key shortcut event occurs.
boolean	onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform clicking of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released.
void	onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height.
boolean	onPreDraw() Callback method to be invoked when the view tree is about to be drawn.
void	onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state) Hook allowing a view to re-apply a representation of its internal state that had previously been generated by onSaveInstanceState().
Parcelable	onSaveInstanceState() Hook allowing a view to generate a representation of its internal state that can later be used to create a new instance with that same state.
void	onTextChanged(CharSequence text, int start, int before, int after) This method is called when the text is changed, in case any subclasses would like to know.
boolean	onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) Implement this method to handle touch screen motion events.
boolean	onTrackballEvent(MotionEvent event) Implement this method to handle trackball motion events.
void	onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) Called when the window containing this view gains or loses focus.
boolean	performLongClick() Call this view's OnLongClickListener, if it is defined.
void	removeTextChangedListener(TextWatcher watcher) Removes the specified TextWatcher from the list of those whose methods are called whenever this TextView's text changes.
final void	setAutoLinkMask(int mask) Sets the autolink mask of the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablePadding(int pad) Sets the size of the padding between the compound drawables and the text.
void	setCompoundDrawables(Drawable left, Drawable top, Drawable right, Drawable bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void	setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Drawable left, Drawable top, Drawable right, Drawable bottom) Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text.
void	setCursorVisible(boolean visible) Set whether the cursor is visible.
final void	setEditableFactory(Editable.Factory factory) Sets the Factory used to create new Editables.
void	setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt where) Causes words in the text that are longer than the view is wide to be ellipsized instead of broken in the middle.
void	setEms(int ems) Makes the TextView exactly this many ems wide
void	setError(CharSequence error) Sets the right-hand compound drawable of the TextView to the "error" icon and sets an error message that will be displayed in a popup when the TextView has focus.
void	setError(CharSequence error, Drawable icon) Sets the right-hand compound drawable of the TextView to the specified icon and sets an error message that will be displayed in a popup when the TextView has focus.
void	setFilters(InputFilter[] filters) Sets the list of input filters that will be used if the buffer is Editable.
boolean	setFrame(int l, int t, int r, int b) Assign a size and position to this view.
void	setFreezesText(boolean freezesText) Control whether this text view saves its entire text contents when freezing to an icicle, in addition to dynamic state such as cursor position.
void	setGravity(int gravity) Sets the horizontal alignment of the text and the vertical gravity that will be used when there is extra space in the TextView beyond what is required for the text itself.
void	setHeight(int pixels) Makes the TextView exactly this many pixels tall.
void	setHighlightColor(int color) Sets the color used to display the selection highlight.
final void	setHint(CharSequence hint) Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty.
final void	setHint(int resid) Sets the text to be displayed when the text of the TextView is empty, from a resource.
final void	setHintTextColor(ColorStateList colors) Sets the color of the hint text.
final void	setHintTextColor(int color) Sets the color of the hint text.
void	setHorizontallyScrolling(boolean whether) Sets whether the text should be allowed to be wider than the View is.
void	setIncludeFontPadding(boolean includepad) Set whether the TextView includes extra top and bottom padding to make room for accents that go above the normal ascent and descent.
void	setKeyListener(KeyListener input) Sets the key listener to be used with this TextView.
void	setLineSpacing(float add, float mult) Sets line spacing for this TextView.
void	setLines(int lines) Makes the TextView exactly this many lines tall
final void	setLinkTextColor(ColorStateList colors) Sets the color of links in the text.
final void	setLinkTextColor(int color) Sets the color of links in the text.
final void	setLinksClickable(boolean whether) Sets whether the movement method will automatically be set to LinkMovementMethod if setAutoLinkMask(int) has been set to nonzero and links are detected in setText(char[], int, int).
void	setMarqueeRepeatLimit(int marqueeLimit) Sets how many times to repeat the marquee animation.
void	setMaxEms(int maxems) Makes the TextView at most this many ems wide
void	setMaxHeight(int maxHeight) Makes the TextView at most this many pixels tall
void	setMaxLines(int maxlines) Makes the TextView at most this many lines tall
void	setMaxWidth(int maxpixels) Makes the TextView at most this many pixels wide
void	setMinEms(int minems) Makes the TextView at least this many ems wide
void	setMinHeight(int minHeight) Makes the TextView at least this many pixels tall
void	setMinLines(int minlines) Makes the TextView at least this many lines tall
void	setMinWidth(int minpixels) Makes the TextView at least this many pixels wide
final void	setMovementMethod(MovementMethod movement) Sets the movement method (arrow key handler) to be used for this TextView.
void	setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) Sets the padding.
void	setPaintFlags(int flags) Sets flags on the Paint being used to display the text and reflows the text if they are different from the old flags.
void	setScroller(Scroller s)
void	setSelectAllOnFocus(boolean selectAllOnFocus) Set the TextView so that when it takes focus, all the text is selected.
void	setSelected(boolean selected) Changes the selection state of this view.
void	setShadowLayer(float radius, float dx, float dy, int color) Gives the text a shadow of the specified radius and color, the specified distance from its normal position.
void	setSingleLine() Sets the properties of this field (lines, horizontally scrolling, transformation method) to be for a single-line input.
void	setSingleLine(boolean singleLine) If true, sets the properties of this field (lines, horizontally scrolling, transformation method) to be for a single-line input; if false, restores these to the default conditions.
final void	setSpannableFactory(Spannable.Factory factory) Sets the Factory used to create new Spannables.
final void	setText(int resid)
final void	setText(int resid, TextView.BufferType type)
final void	setText(char[] text, int start, int len) Sets the TextView to display the specified slice of the specified char array.
void	setText(CharSequence text, TextView.BufferType type) Sets the text that this TextView is to display (see setText(CharSequence)) and also sets whether it is stored in a styleable/spannable buffer and whether it is editable.
final void	setText(CharSequence text) Sets the string value of the TextView.
void	setTextAppearance(Context context, int resid) Sets the text color, size, style, hint color, and highlight color from the specified TextAppearance resource.
void	setTextColor(int color) Sets the text color for all the states (normal, selected, focused) to be this color.
void	setTextColor(ColorStateList colors) Sets the text color.
final void	setTextKeepState(CharSequence text) Like setText(CharSequence), except that the cursor position (if any) is retained in the new text.
final void	setTextKeepState(CharSequence text, TextView.BufferType type) Like setText(CharSequence, android.widget.TextView.BufferType), except that the cursor position (if any) is retained in the new text.
void	setTextScaleX(float size) Sets the extent by which text should be stretched horizontally.
void	setTextSize(int unit, float size) Set the default text size to a given unit and value.
void	setTextSize(float size) Set the default text size to the given value, interpreted as "scaled pixel" units.
final void	setTransformationMethod(TransformationMethod method) Sets the transformation that is applied to the text that this TextView is displaying.
void	setTypeface(Typeface tf, int style) Sets the typeface and style in which the text should be displayed, and turns on the fake bold and italic bits in the Paint if the Typeface that you provided does not have all the bits in the style that you specified.
void	setTypeface(Typeface tf) Sets the typeface and style in which the text should be displayed.
void	setWidth(int pixels) Makes the TextView exactly this many pixels wide.

From class android.view.View

void	addFocusables(ArrayList<View> views, int direction) Add any focusable views that are descendants of this view (possibly including this view if it is focusable itself) to views.
void	addTouchables(ArrayList<View> views) Add any touchable views that are descendants of this view (possibly including this view if it is touchable itself) to views.
void	bringToFront() Change the view's z order in the tree, so it's on top of other sibling views
void	buildDrawingCache() Forces the drawing cache to be built if the drawing cache is invalid.
void	cancelLongPress() Cancels a pending long press.
void	clearAnimation() Cancels any animations for this view.
void	clearFocus() Called when this view wants to give up focus.
int	computeHorizontalScrollExtent() Compute the horizontal extent of the horizontal scrollbar's thumb within the horizontal range.
int	computeHorizontalScrollOffset() Compute the horizontal offset of the horizontal scrollbar's thumb within the horizontal range.
int	computeHorizontalScrollRange() Compute the horizontal range that the horizontal scrollbar represents.
void	computeScroll() Called by a parent to request that a child update its values for mScrollX and mScrollY if necessary.
int	computeVerticalScrollExtent() Compute the vertical extent of the horizontal scrollbar's thumb within the vertical range.
int	computeVerticalScrollOffset() Compute the vertical offset of the vertical scrollbar's thumb within the horizontal range.
int	computeVerticalScrollRange() Compute the vertical range that the vertical scrollbar represents.
void	createContextMenu(ContextMenu menu) Show the context menu for this view.
void	destroyDrawingCache() Frees the resources used by the drawing cache.
void	dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) Called by draw to draw the child views.
boolean	dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) Dispatch a key event to the next view on the focus path.
boolean	dispatchKeyShortcutEvent(KeyEvent event) Dispatches a key shortcut event.
void	dispatchRestoreInstanceState(SparseArray<Parcelable> container) Called by restoreHierarchyState(SparseArray) to retrieve the state for this view and its children.
void	dispatchSaveInstanceState(SparseArray<Parcelable> container) Called by saveHierarchyState(SparseArray) to store the state for this view and its children.
void	dispatchSetPressed(boolean pressed) Dispatch setPressed to all of this View's children.
void	dispatchSetSelected(boolean selected) Dispatch setSelected to all of this View's children.
boolean	dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) Pass the touch screen motion event down to the target view, or this view if it is the target.
boolean	dispatchTrackballEvent(MotionEvent event) Pass a trackball motion event down to the focused view.
boolean	dispatchUnhandledMove(View focused, int direction) This method is the last chance for the focused view and its ancestors to respond to an arrow key.
void	dispatchWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) Called when the window containing this view gains or loses window focus.
void	dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(int visibility) Dispatch a window visibility change down the view hierarchy.
void	draw(Canvas canvas) Manually render this view (and all of its children) to the given Canvas.
void	drawableStateChanged() This function is called whenever the state of the view changes in such a way that it impacts the state of drawables being shown.
void	finalize() Called by the virtual machine when there are no longer any (non-weak) references to the receiver.
View	findFocus() Find the view in the hierarchy rooted at this view that currently has focus.
final View	findViewById(int id) Look for a child view with the given id.
final View	findViewWithTag(Object tag) Look for a child view with the given tag.
boolean	fitSystemWindows(Rect insets) Apply the insets for system windows to this view, if the FITS_SYSTEM_WINDOWS flag is set
View	focusSearch(int direction) Find the nearest view in the specified direction that can take focus.
void	forceLayout() Forces this view to be laid out during the next layout pass.
Animation	getAnimation() Get the animation currently associated with this view.
IBinder	getApplicationWindowToken() Retrieve a unique token identifying the top-level "real" window of the window that this view is attached to.
Drawable	getBackground() Gets the background drawable
int	getBaseline() Return the offset of the widget's text baseline from the widget's top boundary.
final int	getBottom() Bottom position of this view relative to its parent.
float	getBottomFadingEdgeStrength() Returns the strength, or intensity, of the bottom faded edge.
int	getBottomPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the bottom fading region.
final Context	getContext() Returns the context the view is running in, through which it can access the current theme, resources, etc.
ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo	getContextMenuInfo() Views should implement this if they have extra information to associate with the context menu.
static int	getDefaultSize(int size, int measureSpec) Utility to return a default size.
final int[]	getDrawableState() Return an array of resource IDs of the drawable states representing the current state of the view.
Bitmap	getDrawingCache() Returns the bitmap in which this view drawing is cached.
int	getDrawingCacheBackgroundColor()
int	getDrawingCacheQuality() Returns the quality of the drawing cache.
void	getDrawingRect(Rect outRect) Return the visible drawing bounds of your view.
long	getDrawingTime() Return the time at which the drawing of the view hierarchy started.
ArrayList<View>	getFocusables(int direction) Find and return all focusable views that are descendants of this view, possibly including this view if it is focusable itself.
void	getFocusedRect(Rect r) When a view has focus and the user navigates away from it, the next view is searched for starting from the rectangle filled in by this method.
boolean	getGlobalVisibleRect(Rect r, Point globalOffset) If some part of this view is not clipped by any of its parents, then return that area in r in global (root) coordinates.
final boolean	getGlobalVisibleRect(Rect r)
Handler	getHandler()
final int	getHeight() Return the height of your view.
void	getHitRect(Rect outRect) Hit rectangle in parent's coordinates
int	getHorizontalFadingEdgeLength() Returns the size of the horizontal faded edges used to indicate that more content in this view is visible.
int	getHorizontalScrollbarHeight() Returns the height of the horizontal scrollbar.
int	getId() Returns this view's identifier.
boolean	getKeepScreenOn() Returns whether the screen should remain on, corresponding to the current value of KEEP_SCREEN_ON.
ViewGroup.LayoutParams	getLayoutParams() Get the LayoutParams associated with this view.
final int	getLeft() Left position of this view relative to its parent.
float	getLeftFadingEdgeStrength() Returns the strength, or intensity, of the left faded edge.
int	getLeftPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the left fading region.
final boolean	getLocalVisibleRect(Rect r)
void	getLocationInWindow(int[] location) Computes the coordinates of this view in its window.
void	getLocationOnScreen(int[] location) Computes the coordinates of this view on the screen.
final int	getMeasuredHeight() The height of this view as measured in the most recent call to measure().
final int	getMeasuredWidth() The width of this view as measured in the most recent call to measure().
int	getNextFocusDownId()
int	getNextFocusLeftId()
int	getNextFocusRightId()
int	getNextFocusUpId()
View.OnFocusChangeListener	getOnFocusChangeListener() Returns the focus-change callback registered for this view.
int	getPaddingBottom() Returns the bottom padding of this view.
int	getPaddingLeft() Returns the left padding of this view.
int	getPaddingRight() Returns the right padding of this view.
int	getPaddingTop() Returns the top padding of this view.
final ViewParent	getParent() Gets the parent of this view.
Resources	getResources() Returns the resources associated with this view.
final int	getRight() Right position of this view relative to its parent.
float	getRightFadingEdgeStrength() Returns the strength, or intensity, of the right faded edge.
int	getRightPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the right fading region.
View	getRootView() Finds the topmost view in the current view hierarchy.
int	getScrollBarStyle() Returns the current scrollbar style.
final int	getScrollX() Return the scrolled left position of this view.
final int	getScrollY() Return the scrolled top position of this view.
int	getSolidColor() Override this if your view is known to always be drawn on top of a solid color background, and needs to draw fading edges.
int	getSuggestedMinimumHeight() Returns the suggested minimum height that the view should use.
int	getSuggestedMinimumWidth() Returns the suggested minimum width that the view should use.
Object	getTag() Returns this view's tag.
final int	getTop() Top position of this view relative to its parent.
float	getTopFadingEdgeStrength() Returns the strength, or intensity, of the top faded edge.
int	getTopPaddingOffset() Amount by which to extend the top fading region.
TouchDelegate	getTouchDelegate() Gets the TouchDelegate for this View.
ArrayList<View>	getTouchables() Find and return all touchable views that are descendants of this view, possibly including this view if it is touchable itself.
int	getVerticalFadingEdgeLength() Returns the size of the vertical faded edges used to indicate that more content in this view is visible.
int	getVerticalScrollbarWidth() Returns the width of the vertical scrollbar.
ViewTreeObserver	getViewTreeObserver() Returns the ViewTreeObserver for this view's hierarchy.
int	getVisibility() Returns the visibility status for this view.
final int	getWidth() Return the width of the your view.
int	getWindowAttachCount()
IBinder	getWindowToken() Retrieve a unique token identifying the window this view is attached to.
int	getWindowVisibility() Returns the current visibility of the window this view is attached to (either GONE, INVISIBLE, or VISIBLE).
boolean	hasFocus() Returns true if this view has focus iteself, or is the ancestor of the view that has focus.
boolean	hasFocusable() Returns true if this view is focusable or if it contains a reachable View for which hasFocusable() returns true.
boolean	hasWindowFocus() Returns true if this view is in a window that currently has window focus.
static View	inflate(Context context, int resource, ViewGroup root) Inflate a view from an XML resource.
void	initializeFadingEdge(TypedArray a) Initializes the fading edges from a given set of styled attributes.
void	initializeScrollbars(TypedArray a) Initializes the scrollbars from a given set of styled attributes.
void	invalidate(int l, int t, int r, int b) Mark the the area defined by the rect (l,t,r,b) as needing to be drawn.
void	invalidate() Invalidate the whole view.
void	invalidate(Rect dirty) Mark the the area defined by dirty as needing to be drawn.
void	invalidateDrawable(Drawable drawable) Invalidates the specified Drawable.
boolean	isClickable() Indicates whether this view reacts to click events or not.
boolean	isDrawingCacheEnabled() Indicates whether the drawing cache is enabled for this view.
boolean	isDuplicateParentStateEnabled() Indicates whether this duplicates its drawable state from its parent.
boolean	isEnabled() Returns the enabled status for this view.
final boolean	isFocusable() Returns whether this View is able to take focus.
final boolean	isFocusableInTouchMode() When a view is focusable, it may not want to take focus when in touch mode.
boolean	isFocused() Returns true if this view has focus
boolean	isHorizontalFadingEdgeEnabled() Indicate whether the horizontal edges are faded when the view is scrolled horizontally.
boolean	isHorizontalScrollBarEnabled() Indicate whether the horizontal scrollbar should be drawn or not.
boolean	isInTouchMode() Returns whether the device is currently in touch mode.
boolean	isLayoutRequested() Indicates whether or not this view's layout will be requested during the next hierarchy layout pass.
boolean	isLongClickable() Indicates whether this view reacts to long click events or not.
boolean	isPaddingOffsetRequired() If the View draws content inside its padding and enables fading edges, it needs to support padding offsets.
boolean	isPressed() Indicates whether the view is currently in pressed state.
boolean	isSaveEnabled() Indicates whether this view will save its state (that is, whether its onSaveInstanceState() method will be called).
boolean	isSelected() Indicates the selection state of this view.
boolean	isShown() Returns the visibility of this view and all of its ancestors
boolean	isSoundEffectsEnabled()
boolean	isVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled() Indicate whether the vertical edges are faded when the view is scrolled horizontally.
boolean	isVerticalScrollBarEnabled() Indicate whether the vertical scrollbar should be drawn or not.
final void	layout(int l, int t, int r, int b) Assign a size and position to a view and all of its descendants This is the second phase of the layout mechanism.
final void	measure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) This is called to find out how big a view should be.
static int[]	mergeDrawableStates(int[] baseState, int[] additionalState) Merge your own state values in `additionalState` into the base state values `baseState` that were returned by onCreateDrawableState(int).
void	offsetLeftAndRight(int offset) Offset this view's horizontal location by the specified amount of pixels.
void	offsetTopAndBottom(int offset) Offset this view's vertical location by the specified number of pixels.
void	onAnimationEnd() Invoked by a parent ViewGroup to notify the end of the animation currently associated with this view.
void	onAnimationStart() Invoked by a parent ViewGroup to notify the start of the animation currently associated with this view.
void	onAttachedToWindow() This is called when the view is attached to a window.
void	onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu) Views should implement this if the view itself is going to add items to the context menu.
int[]	onCreateDrawableState(int extraSpace) Generate the new Drawable state for this view.
void	onDetachedFromWindow() This is called when the view is detached from a window.
void	onDraw(Canvas canvas) Implement this to do your drawing.
void	onFinishInflate() Finalize inflating a view from XML.
void	onFocusChanged(boolean gainFocus, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) Called by the view system when the focus state of this view changes.
boolean	onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform press of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released, if the view is enabled and clickable.
boolean	onKeyMultiple(int keyCode, int repeatCount, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): always returns false (doesn't handle the event).
boolean	onKeyShortcut(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Called when an unhandled key shortcut event occurs.
boolean	onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform clicking of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released.
void	onLayout(boolean changed, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) Called from layout when this view should assign a size and position to each of its children.
void	onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) Measure the view and its content to determine the measured width and the measured height.
void	onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state) Hook allowing a view to re-apply a representation of its internal state that had previously been generated by onSaveInstanceState().
Parcelable	onSaveInstanceState() Hook allowing a view to generate a representation of its internal state that can later be used to create a new instance with that same state.
void	onScrollChanged(int l, int t, int oldl, int oldt) This is called in response to an internal scroll in this view (i.e., the view scrolled its own contents).
boolean	onSetAlpha(int alpha) Invoked if there is a Transform that involves alpha.
void	onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) This is called during layout when the size of this view has changed.
boolean	onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) Implement this method to handle touch screen motion events.
boolean	onTrackballEvent(MotionEvent event) Implement this method to handle trackball motion events.
void	onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) Called when the window containing this view gains or loses focus.
void	onWindowVisibilityChanged(int visibility) Called when the window containing has change its visibility (between GONE, INVISIBLE, and VISIBLE).
boolean	performClick() Call this view's OnClickListener, if it is defined.
boolean	performLongClick() Call this view's OnLongClickListener, if it is defined.
void	playSoundEffect(int soundConstant) Play a sound effect for this view.
boolean	post(Runnable action) Causes the Runnable to be added to the message queue.
boolean	postDelayed(Runnable action, long delayMillis) Causes the Runnable to be added to the message queue, to be run after the specified amount of time elapses.
void	postInvalidate() Cause an invalidate to happen on a subsequent cycle through the event loop.
void	postInvalidate(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) Cause an invalidate of the specified area to happen on a subsequent cycle through the event loop.
void	postInvalidateDelayed(long delayMilliseconds) Cause an invalidate to happen on a subsequent cycle through the event loop.
void	postInvalidateDelayed(long delayMilliseconds, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) Cause an invalidate of the specified area to happen on a subsequent cycle through the event loop.
void	refreshDrawableState() Call this to force a view to update its drawable state.
boolean	removeCallbacks(Runnable action) Removes the specified Runnable from the message queue.
final boolean	requestFocus() Call this to try to give focus to a specific view or to one of its descendants.
boolean	requestFocus(int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) Call this to try to give focus to a specific view or to one of its descendants and give it hints about the direction and a specific rectangle that the focus is coming from.
final boolean	requestFocus(int direction) Call this to try to give focus to a specific view or to one of its descendants and give it a hint about what direction focus is heading.
final boolean	requestFocusFromTouch() Call this to try to give focus to a specific view or to one of its descendants.
void	requestLayout() Call this when something has changed which has invalidated the layout of this view.
boolean	requestRectangleOnScreen(Rect rectangle, boolean immediate) Request that a rectangle of this view be visible on the screen, scrolling if necessary just enough.
boolean	requestRectangleOnScreen(Rect rectangle) Request that a rectangle of this view be visible on the screen, scrolling if necessary just enough.
static int	resolveSize(int size, int measureSpec) Utility to reconcile a desired size with constraints imposed by a MeasureSpec.
void	restoreHierarchyState(SparseArray<Parcelable> container) Restore this view hierarchy's frozen state from the given container.
void	saveHierarchyState(SparseArray<Parcelable> container) Store this view hierarchy's frozen state into the given container.
void	scheduleDrawable(Drawable who, Runnable what, long when) Schedules an action on a drawable to occur at a specified time.
void	scrollBy(int x, int y) Move the scrolled position of your view.
void	scrollTo(int x, int y) Set the scrolled position of your view.
void	setAnimation(Animation animation) Sets the next animation to play for this view.
void	setBackgroundColor(int color) Sets the background color for this view.
void	setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable d) Set the background to a given Drawable, or remove the background.
void	setBackgroundResource(int resid) Set the background to a given resource.
void	setClickable(boolean clickable) Enables or disables click events for this view.
void	setDrawingCacheBackgroundColor(int color) Setting a solid background color for the drawing cache's bitmaps will improve perfromance and memory usage.
void	setDrawingCacheEnabled(boolean enabled) Enables or disables the drawing cache.
void	setDrawingCacheQuality(int quality) Set the drawing cache quality of this view.
void	setDuplicateParentStateEnabled(boolean enabled) Enables or disables the duplication of the parent's state into this view.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled) Set the enabled state of this view.
void	setFadingEdgeLength(int length) Set the size of the faded edge used to indicate that more content in this view is available.
void	setFocusable(boolean focusable) Set whether this view can receive the focus.
void	setFocusableInTouchMode(boolean focusableInTouchMode) Set whether this view can receive focus while in touch mode.
void	setHorizontalFadingEdgeEnabled(boolean horizontalFadingEdgeEnabled) Define whether the horizontal edges should be faded when this view is scrolled horizontally.
void	setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(boolean horizontalScrollBarEnabled) Define whether the horizontal scrollbar should be drawn or not.
void	setId(int id) Sets the identifier for this view.
void	setKeepScreenOn(boolean keepScreenOn) Controls whether the screen should remain on, modifying the value of KEEP_SCREEN_ON.
void	setLayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) Set the layout parameters associated with this view.
void	setLongClickable(boolean longClickable) Enables or disables long click events for this view.
final void	setMeasuredDimension(int measuredWidth, int measuredHeight) This mehod must be called by onMeasure(int, int) to store the measured width and measured height.
void	setMinimumHeight(int minHeight) Sets the minimum height of the view.
void	setMinimumWidth(int minWidth) Sets the minimum width of the view.
void	setNextFocusDownId(int nextFocusDownId) Set the id of the view to use for the next focus
void	setNextFocusLeftId(int nextFocusLeftId) Set the id of the view to use for the next focus
void	setNextFocusRightId(int nextFocusRightId) Set the id of the view to use for the next focus
void	setNextFocusUpId(int nextFocusUpId) Set the id of the view to use for the next focus
void	setOnClickListener(View.OnClickListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when this view is clicked.
void	setOnCreateContextMenuListener(View.OnCreateContextMenuListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when the context menu for this view is being built.
void	setOnFocusChangeListener(View.OnFocusChangeListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when focus of this view changed.
void	setOnKeyListener(View.OnKeyListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when a key is pressed in this view.
void	setOnLongClickListener(View.OnLongClickListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when this view is clicked and held.
void	setOnTouchListener(View.OnTouchListener l) Register a callback to be invoked when a touch event is sent to this view.
void	setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) Sets the padding.
void	setPressed(boolean pressed) Sets the pressed that for this view.
void	setSaveEnabled(boolean enabled) Controls whether the saving of this view's state is enabled (that is, whether its onSaveInstanceState() method will be called).
void	setScrollBarStyle(int style) Specify the style of the scrollbars.
void	setSelected(boolean selected) Changes the selection state of this view.
void	setSoundEffectsEnabled(boolean soundEffectsEnabled) Set whether this view should have sound effects enabled for events such as clicking and touching.
void	setTag(Object tag) Sets the tag associated with this view.
void	setTouchDelegate(TouchDelegate delegate) Sets the TouchDelegate for this View.
void	setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(boolean verticalFadingEdgeEnabled) Define whether the vertical edges should be faded when this view is scrolled vertically.
void	setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(boolean verticalScrollBarEnabled) Define whether the vertical scrollbar should be drawn or not.
void	setVisibility(int visibility) Set the enabled state of this view.
void	setWillNotCacheDrawing(boolean willNotCacheDrawing) When a View's drawing cache is enabled, drawing is redirected to an offscreen bitmap.
void	setWillNotDraw(boolean willNotDraw) If this view doesn't do any drawing on its own, set this flag to allow further optimizations.
boolean	showContextMenu() Bring up the context menu for this view.
void	startAnimation(Animation animation) Start the specified animation now.
void	unscheduleDrawable(Drawable who, Runnable what) Cancels a scheduled action on a drawable.
void	unscheduleDrawable(Drawable who) Unschedule any events associated with the given Drawable.
boolean	verifyDrawable(Drawable who) If your view subclass is displaying its own Drawable objects, it should override this function and return true for any Drawable it is displaying.
boolean	willNotCacheDrawing() Returns whether or not this View can cache its drawing or not.
boolean	willNotDraw() Returns whether or not this View draws on its own.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Returns a new instance of the same class as the receiver, whose slots have been filled in with the values in the slots of the receiver.
boolean	equals(Object o) Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
void	finalize() Called by the virtual machine when there are no longer any (non-weak) references to the receiver.
final Class<? extends Object>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of java.lang.Class which represents the class of the receiver.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for the receiver.
final void	notify() Causes one thread which is `wait` ing on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are `wait` ing on the receiver to be made ready to run.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
final void	wait(long time, int frac) Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`) or the expiration of the timeout.
final void	wait(long time) Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`) or the expiration of the timeout.
final void	wait() Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by `notify` or `notifyAll`).

From interface android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.Callback

From interface android.view.KeyEvent.Callback

From interface android.view.ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener

From interface android.widget.Filter.FilterListener

XML Attributes

android:completionHint

Defines the hint displayed in the drop down menu.

Must be a string value, using '\\;' to escape characters such as '\\n' or '\\uxxxx' for a unicode character.

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol completionHint.

Related Methods

setCompletionHint(CharSequence)

android:completionHintView

Defines the hint view displayed in the drop down menu.

Must be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol completionHintView.

Related Methods

android:completionThreshold

Defines the number of characters that the user must type before completion suggestions are displayed in a drop down menu.

Must be an integer value, such as "100".

This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol completionThreshold.

Related Methods

setThreshold(int)

android:dropDownSelector

Selector in a drop down list.

May be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".

May be a color value, in the form of "#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".

This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol dropDownSelector.

Related Methods

Public Constructors

public AutoCompleteTextView (Context context)

public AutoCompleteTextView (Context context, AttributeSet attrs)

public AutoCompleteTextView (Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)

Public Methods

public void dismissDropDown ()

Closes the drop down if present on screen.

public boolean enoughToFilter ()

Returns true if the amount of text in the field meets or exceeds the getThreshold() requirement. You can override this to impose a different standard for when filtering will be triggered.

public ListAdapter getAdapter ()

Returns a filterable list adapter used for auto completion.

Returns

a data adapter used for auto completion

public AdapterView.OnItemClickListener getItemClickListener ()

Returns the listener that is notified whenever the user clicks an item in the drop down list.

Returns

the item click listener

public AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener getItemSelectedListener ()

Returns the listener that is notified whenever the user selects an item in the drop down list.

Returns

the item selected listener

public int getThreshold ()

Returns the number of characters the user must type before the drop down list is shown.

Returns

the minimum number of characters to type to show the drop down

public AutoCompleteTextView.Validator getValidator ()

Returns the Validator set with setValidator(AutoCompleteTextView.Validator), or null if it was not set.

public boolean isPopupShowing ()

Indicates whether the popup menu is showing.

Returns

true if the popup menu is showing, false otherwise

public void onFilterComplete (int count)

Notifies the end of a filtering operation.

Parameters

count	the number of values computed by the filter

public boolean onKeyDown (int keyCode, KeyEvent event)

Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform press of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released, if the view is enabled and clickable.

Parameters

keyCode	A key code that represents the button pressed, from KeyEvent.
event	The KeyEvent object that defines the button action.

Returns

If you handled the event, return true. If you want to allow the event to be handled by the next receiver, return false.

public boolean onKeyUp (int keyCode, KeyEvent event)

Default implementation of KeyEvent.Callback.onKeyMultiple(): perform clicking of the view when KEYCODE_DPAD_CENTER or KEYCODE_ENTER is released.

Parameters

keyCode	A key code that represents the button pressed, from KeyEvent.
event	The KeyEvent object that defines the button action.

Returns

If you handled the event, return true. If you want to allow the event to be handled by the next receiver, return false.

public void onWindowFocusChanged (boolean hasWindowFocus)

Called when the window containing this view gains or loses focus. Note that this is separate from view focus: to receive key events, both your view and its window must have focus. If a window is displayed on top of yours that takes input focus, then your own window will lose focus but the view focus will remain unchanged.

Parameters

hasWindowFocus	True if the window containing this view now has focus, false otherwise.

public void performCompletion ()

Performs the text completion by converting the selected item from the drop down list into a string, replacing the text box's content with this string and finally dismissing the drop down menu.

public void performValidation ()

If a validator was set on this view and the current string is not valid, ask the validator to fix it.

public void setAdapter (T adapter)

Changes the list of data used for auto completion. The provided list must be a filterable list adapter.

Parameters

adapter	the adapter holding the auto completion data

public void setCompletionHint (CharSequence hint)

Sets the optional hint text that is displayed at the bottom of the the matching list. This can be used as a cue to the user on how to best use the list, or to provide extra information.

Related XML Attributes

android:completionHint

Parameters

hint	the text to be displayed to the user

public void setOnItemClickListener (AdapterView.OnItemClickListener l)

Sets the listener that will be notified when the user clicks an item in the drop down list.

Parameters

l	the item click listener

public void setOnItemSelectedListener (AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener l)

Sets the listener that will be notified when the user selects an item in the drop down list.

Parameters

l	the item selected listener

public void setThreshold (int threshold)

Specifies the minimum number of characters the user has to type in the edit box before the drop down list is shown.

When threshold is less than or equals 0, a threshold of 1 is applied.

Related XML Attributes

android:completionThreshold

Parameters

threshold	the number of characters to type before the drop down is shown

public void setValidator (AutoCompleteTextView.Validator validator)

public void showDropDown ()

Displays the drop down on screen.

Protected Methods

protected CharSequence convertSelectionToString (Object selectedItem)

Converts the selected item from the drop down list into a sequence of character that can be used in the edit box.

Parameters

selectedItem	the item selected by the user for completion

Returns

a sequence of characters representing the selected suggestion

protected Filter getFilter ()

Returns the Filter obtained from getFilter(), or null if setAdapter(T) was not called with a Filterable.

protected void onDetachedFromWindow ()

This is called when the view is detached from a window. At this point it no longer has a surface for drawing.

protected void onFocusChanged (boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect)

Called by the view system when the focus state of this view changes. When the focus change event is caused by directional navigation, direction and previouslyFocusedRect provide insight into where the focus is coming from.

Parameters

focused	True if the View has focus; false otherwise.
direction	The direction focus has moved when requestFocus() is called to give this view focus. Values are View.FOCUS_UP, View.FOCUS_DOWN, View.FOCUS_LEFT or View.FOCUS_RIGHT. It may not always apply, in which case use the default.
previouslyFocusedRect	The rectangle, in this view's coordinate system, of the previously focused view. If applicable, this will be passed in as finer grained information about where the focus is coming from (in addition to direction). Will be `null` otherwise.

protected void onTextChanged (CharSequence text, int start, int before, int after)

This method is called when the text is changed, in case any subclasses would like to know.

Parameters

text	The text the TextView is displaying.
start	The offset of the start of the range of the text that was modified.
before	The offset of the former end of the range of the text that was modified. If text was simply inserted, this will be the same as `start`. If text was replaced with new text or deleted, the length of the old text was `before-start`.
after	The offset of the end of the range of the text that was modified. If text was simply deleted, this will be the same as `start`. If text was replaced with new text or inserted, the length of the new text is `after-start`.

protected void performFiltering (CharSequence text, int keyCode)

Starts filtering the content of the drop down list. The filtering pattern is the content of the edit box. Subclasses should override this method to filter with a different pattern, for instance a substring of text.

Parameters

text	the filtering pattern
keyCode	the last character inserted in the edit box

protected void replaceText (CharSequence text)

Performs the text completion by replacing the current text by the selected item. Subclasses should override this method to avoid replacing the whole content of the edit box.

Parameters

text	the selected suggestion in the drop down list

protected boolean setFrame (int l, int t, int r, int b)

Assign a size and position to this view. This is called from layout.

Parameters

l	Left position, relative to parent
t	Top position, relative to parent
r	Right position, relative to parent
b	Bottom position, relative to parent

Returns

true if the new size and position are different than the previous ones

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Interfaces

Classes

Enums

Exceptions

AutoCompleteTextView

Class Overview

Summary

XML Attributes

android:completionHint

Related Methods

android:completionHintView

Related Methods

android:completionThreshold

Related Methods

android:dropDownSelector

Related Methods

Public Constructors

public AutoCompleteTextView (Context context)

public AutoCompleteTextView (Context context, AttributeSet attrs)

public AutoCompleteTextView (Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)

Public Methods

public void dismissDropDown ()

public boolean enoughToFilter ()

public ListAdapter getAdapter ()

Returns

public AdapterView.OnItemClickListener getItemClickListener ()

Returns

public AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener getItemSelectedListener ()

Returns

public int getThreshold ()

Returns

See Also

public AutoCompleteTextView.Validator getValidator ()

public boolean isPopupShowing ()

Returns

public void onFilterComplete (int count)

Parameters

public boolean onKeyDown (int keyCode, KeyEvent event)

Parameters

Returns

public boolean onKeyUp (int keyCode, KeyEvent event)

Parameters

Returns

public void onWindowFocusChanged (boolean hasWindowFocus)

Parameters

public void performCompletion ()

public void performValidation ()

public void setAdapter (T adapter)

Parameters

See Also

public void setCompletionHint (CharSequence hint)

Related XML Attributes

Parameters

public void setOnItemClickListener (AdapterView.OnItemClickListener l)

Parameters

public void setOnItemSelectedListener (AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener l)

Parameters

public void setThreshold (int threshold)

Related XML Attributes

Parameters

See Also

public void setValidator (AutoCompleteTextView.Validator validator)

public void showDropDown ()

Protected Methods

protected CharSequence convertSelectionToString (Object selectedItem)

Parameters

Returns

protected Filter getFilter ()

protected void onDetachedFromWindow ()

protected void onFocusChanged (boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect)

Parameters

protected void onTextChanged (CharSequence text, int start, int before, int after)

Parameters

protected void performFiltering (CharSequence text, int keyCode)

Parameters

protected void replaceText (CharSequence text)

Parameters

protected boolean setFrame (int l, int t, int r, int b)

Parameters

Returns