Anyone ? On Nov 25, 8:56 am, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > Same problem here. > Any solution ? > > I've tried to add > textView.performValidation(); > textView.showDropDown(); > > but it does not display drop down. > > On Nov 4, 6:42 pm, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've posted this in a couple of places without any help so hopefully > > this group has some helpful people :) > > > I have anAutoCompleteTextViewwhich I want to populate with artist > > names based on what the user types. > > > The problem is that I have a thread for retrieving the names from > > awebservice, but when I try and update the ArrayAdapter with a > > Handler on the > > UI thread (which is called from thewebservice thread), nothing gets > > updated on screen. > > When I type another letter though, then the previous results fromweb > > service are displayed in theautocompletetextviewrather than the > > latest. > > > 1) Type 'abc' > > 2)WebService gets 'abc1', 'abc2' and 'abc3' and calls Handler to > > notify GUI thread > > 3) Set 'abc1', 'abc2' and 'abc3' on adapter using adapter.add(str) > > 4) Call notifyDataSetChanged() > > 5) Nothing changes on GUI :( > > 6) Type another letter so textview reads 'abc1' > > 7)WebService retrieves 'abc1x', 'abc1y' and 'abc1z' and calls > > Handler to notify GUI thread > > 8) Set 'abc1x', 'abc1y' and 'abc1z' results on the adapter > > 9) Call notifyDataSetChanged() > > 10) GUI now shows 'abc1' (From step 3) > > > Here is my code: > > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > ... > > AutoCompleteTextViewactv = (AutoCompleteTextView) > > findViewById > > (R.id.artist_search_text_edit); > > actv.addTextChangedListener(textWatcher); > > adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, > > android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, new ArrayList<String>()); > > actv.setAdapter(adapter); > > > } > > > TextWatcher textWatcher = new TextWatcher() { > > > @Override > > public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, > > int before, int > > count) { > > Thread t = new Thread() { > > public void run() { > > ArrayList<String> names = > > (ArrayList<String>) getArtistStrings > > (getInput()); > > artistNames = names; > > messageHandler.sendEmptyMessage > > (0); > > } > > }; > > t.start(); > > } > > > @Override > > public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int > > start, int count, > > int after) { > > } > > > @Override > > public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) { > > } > > }; > > > private String getInput() { > > EditText artistInput = (EditText) findViewById > > (R.id.artist_search_text_edit); > > String artistSearchString = artistInput.getText > > ().toString(); > > return artistSearchString; > > } > > > private void updateTextAdapter(List<String> data) { > > adapter.clear(); > > for (String artistName : data) { > > adapter.add(artistName); > > } > > adapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); > > } > > > private Handler messageHandler = new Handler() { > > > @Override > > public void handleMessage(Message msg) { > > updateTextAdapter(artistNames); > > } > > > }; > >
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