Show dropdown when onQueryTextChange

Question

I have added a searchView in my toolbar and I would like to show a dropdown as android does with the AutoCompleteTextView.

So basically I want to display a list of result and change it while the user is typing. I have added already a function to filter my results, but I have no clue how to show the dropdown in the list using my searchView.

Take a look the code below:

 @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_subs, menu);

        MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
        SearchView searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(searchItem);

        searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener(){

            @Override
            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
                return false;
            }

            @Override
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
                //TODO: Implement dropdown 
                _list = _repository.filterItems(newText);
                return false;
            }
        });

        return true;
    }

NOTE: something like in the image, I want to show my results(list of strings) in the dropdown.

any idea? Thanks!

just use `setSuggestionsAdapter`, no need for any `OnQueryTextListener` — pskink, Apr 26 '16 at 15:39
just call `setSuggestionsAdapter` with a `SimpleCursorAdapter` and setup its `FilterQueryProvider` — pskink, Apr 28 '16 at 15:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

you should add this code in your onCreateOptionsMenu

    SearchAutoComplete autoCompleteTextView = (SearchAutoComplete) searchView.findViewById(R.id.search_src_text);

if (autoCompleteTextView != null) { 
    autoCompleteTextView.setDropDownBackgroundResource(R.drawable.abc_search_dropdown_light);
}

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Show dropdown when onQueryTextChange

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