How to populate values when I try to enter values in EditText field in Android?

Question

I've following requirement and Since I'm new to this Android stuff, I'm not able to figure it out.

I've two Edit text fields for a driverName and a vehicleNumber. But these values shouldn't be new i.e
When I try to enter driverName in particular EditText field, I should get all the driverNames populated so that I can choose one them. Same for vehicleNumber too.

For this I already have data of driverName and Vehicle Number But my problem is how to populate them while entering in fields ??? Any good answer will be appreciated :)
Thank You.

You should go with `AutoCompeteTextView`. Search on __Google__ you will find many solution. — M D, Mar 22 '15 at 06:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 19 '15 at 13:40

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You should go AutoCompleteTextView as What M D suggested. Example is

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"
     };
 }

edited Sep 19 '15 at 13:40

answered Mar 22 '15 at 06:19

Fahim

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Thank You for this and just it occurred to me that If I also want to filter on auto completed values i.e if I give "gium", will I get "Belgium" ? – Kishore Kumar Korada Mar 22 '15 at 06:30
You will have to create a custom adapter for this which implements Filterable, in the getFilter() method – Fahim Mar 22 '15 at 06:49
I would be so grateful If you could provide me and good references for that, I'm in dilemma so – Kishore Kumar Korada Mar 22 '15 at 08:14
example for this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16782288/autocompletetextview-with-custom-adapter-and-filter – Fahim Mar 22 '15 at 08:17

How to populate values when I try to enter values in EditText field in Android?

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