You are probably clicking on the result list. In that case you are in
touch mode and the selection does not exist in the drop down. Instead
of calling parent.getSelected*() you should call obtainItem(int
position).
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Max Binshtok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with AutoCompleteTextView
>
> I have a (clickable) list of objects i.e. when you click on an item
> you get to another activity which is guided by that specific item
> clicked. I want to use the Autocomplete to search in that list but I
> want the same behavior I get with a regular list - an item to be
> clicked and processed. Please see my code:
>
>
>
> ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
> android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, namesLIST);
> AutoCompleteTextView textView = (AutoCompleteTextView)
> findViewById(R.id.list);
>
> textView.setAdapter(adapter);
>
> Where namesLIST is a String array created specially for the
> Autocomplete
>
> Then I do:
> textView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
> public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View v,
> int position,
> long id) {
> showItem(parent,position, id);
> }
> });
>
> where I tried to see what I get:
>
> private void showItem(AdapterView parent, int position, long id) {
> Log.d(TAG,"zz position:" + parent.getSelectedItemPosition());
> Log.d(TAG,"selected item:" +parent.getSelectedItem());
> Log.d(TAG,"adapter view:" + parent);
> Log.d(TAG,"position:" + position + " id:" +id);
> }
>
> I saw that I get nothing useful here. Typical output would be:
> zz position: -1
> selected item: null
> adapter view: .....
> position: 1 id:1
>
> What am I doing wrong? How can I keep the reference to original items
> in the original list?
> Maybe I can I use the original objects somehow in Autocomplete?
>
>
> Thank you for your help!
> >
>
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