Check the code at http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-autocomplete.html or
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textColor="#000">
</TextView>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Country" />
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/autocomplete_country"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
AutoCompleteTextView textView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.autocomplete_country);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item, COUNTRIES);
textView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
and then we have a static final String[] COUNTRIES filled with all the countries.
My Question is why are we using list_item.xml. actually list_item.xml contails the 1st part of the code and the 2nd xml code is for main.xml and then the java code for activity
