android AutoCompleteTextView white on white Dropdown list

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breaking my head here, i have searched online for quite a bit and it seems this was a bug on android before but have not found a solution yet.

I have a AutoCompleteTextView:

autodesignations = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.main_autocomp);

adapterShapesAuto = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, shapes);

autodesignations.setAdapter(adapterShapes);

the widget works, but the dropdown text is always white text on white background.

I have tried setting the resource for the adapter to several combinations of android's built-in layouts & also my own.

Even pointing it to a TextView resource being also use for a Spinner (which works as expected, black text on white background), but have found no way of making this work, keep getting the same results

Any help?

I have the same problem -- it's also the text in the field itself, but I can fix that by setting android:textColor — Shawn Lauzon, Aug 24 '11 at 17:12
Had the same problem, too. Looks like the problem is in the XML file that defines a line. I used the built-in android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, but it was white-on-white. When I changed to android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line I could see the text. — SMBiggs, Sep 03 '11 at 22:18
I myself just created my own simple_dropdown_item_1line - like resource and used it in my code. The text is black now :) — Yar, Jan 28 '12 at 10:34

score 21 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '12 at 07:28

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I had this issue . Fixed it using android.R.layout.select_dialog_item for layout.

answered May 30 '12 at 07:28

androabhay

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Legend. Thanks so much for sharing that bit of info. You've saved me a LOT of time! – Eamorr Jul 26 '12 at 21:03
i have this bug right now on android.R.layout.select_dialog_item and *this* only for one autocompletetextview of the 2 I have. I just found the differentiating factor : this versus context. – Poutrathor Dec 19 '14 at 16:47
I can see text now but color is very very light. – Francis Aug 14 '15 at 19:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '14 at 17:00

So here is the answer for my issue.

As often, this and a context reference are not exactly the same. Maybe because the context reference might be passed down across some activities, whatever.

So I changed that line (which is included inside a onClickListener) where 'context' is retrieved during onCreate() by getApplicationContext();

adapterListModele = new ArrayAdapter<String>(context, android.R.layout.select_dialog_item, listModeleNom);

into the following line where I used a this from my class :

adapterListModele = new ArrayAdapter<String>(AncestorVehicule.this, android.R.layout.select_dialog_item, listModeleNom);

And it works ! No more white font.

I tested it outside the onclicklistener callback and noticed 2 things :

using same 'context' variable did make the drop down to be displayed in white
sticking to 'this' avoids the issue.

Hope it helps someone else.

and getactivity in a fragment. Thanks! – narb Apr 07 '17 at 21:55 — narb, Apr 07 '17 at 21:55

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '15 at 16:10

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I tried setting up the theme before setcontext, tried different resources parameter in arrayAdapter and tried different theme ,but nothing helped.

Then I changed the context from 'this' to 'getApplicationContext' but the problem was persistent.

Finally I changed the context parameter to "getBaseContext()" and the problem was solved.

answered Feb 14 '15 at 16:10

amol khedkar

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This worked for me! Tried editing styles and didn't work before. – Minoru Aug 15 '17 at 11:41

Maximus · Answer 4 · 2011-04-19T02:49:27.023

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Very odd... I have AutoCompleteTextView's that work just fine. I found the size of the drop down entries was much too large so I ended up setting my own resource layout file. Stupid question... did you set the textColor in your xml?

Here's one I use...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:padding="6dp"
    android:textColor="#000000"
    android:ellipsize="marquee" />

Do you have some type of theme applied perhaps?

Also... perhaps the text isn't white, but instead you accidentally have empty strings?

edited Apr 19 '11 at 02:49

answered Apr 19 '11 at 02:41

Maximus

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no, when i highlight on emulator (goes to orange bg / white text) every string is there and matches (that's why i meant by the AutoCompleteTextView working), so empty strings isn't it. Also, I don't see any theme in the AndroidManifest.xml. I looked at those before posting. I also tried applying – David Homes Apr 19 '11 at 05:44
Just started a new project and did EXACTLY what I did on the previous one. Now it's showing up. Maybe a bug on Eclipse? – David Homes Apr 19 '11 at 11:24
Maybe... on the original, did you try to use Project/Clean? I've certainly had to to that once or twice with odd situations... – Maximus Apr 19 '11 at 16:37
tried EVERYTHING under the sun. Project/Clean. Start a new project importing the previous one. NADA. – David Homes Apr 20 '11 at 04:04
but creating a new project with the exact same code did it (yes, turned off auto-compile, Cleaned project, deleted the content of gen folder, all that). I did read it online (lost URL) of someone else having the problem. – David Homes Apr 20 '11 at 04:06
AutoCompleteTextView with edittext? please, can you read again this post ? – Nov 13 '15 at 09:52

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 06 '15 at 15:28

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Here is your answer

 SimpleCursorAdapter ad = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, null,
                new String[] { "item_Name" }, new int[] {android.R.id.text1} , 2 );

answered Jul 06 '15 at 15:28

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android AutoCompleteTextView white on white Dropdown list

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