AutoCompleteTextView not completing words inside parentheses

Question

I have implemented AutoCompleteTextView as follows:

MainActivity.java

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    public static String[] myData=new String[         


        

Answer 1

The default implementation of the filter for ArrayAdapter is searching the beginning of words (separated by space), I mean it uses startsWith. You will need to implement an ArrayFilter which uses contains together with startsWith.

Your issue will be solved by the following steps:

• Download the ArrayAdapter.java file from here
• Add that file into the project (you can refactor by renaming file to CustomArrayAdapter.java, for example).

• In the file, you will find a private class ArrayFilter. Then, add valueText.contains(prefixString) and words[k].contains(prefixString) as the following:

              if (valueText.startsWith(prefixString) || valueText.contains(prefixString)) {
                  newValues.add(value);
              } else {
                  final String[] words = valueText.split(" ");
                  final int wordCount = words.length;
                  // Start at index 0, in case valueText starts with space(s)
                  for (int k = 0; k < wordCount; k++) {
                      if (words[k].startsWith(prefixString) || words[k].contains(prefixString)) {
                          newValues.add(value);
                          break;
                      }
                  }
              }
  

• Use that customized ArrayAdapter for your AutoCompleteTextView

And here is the result screenshot:

Hope this helps!