How to get text from AutoCompleteTextView?

Question

I have an AutoCompleteTextView in my app which works. I have successfully created an onClickItemListener. The question is how to grab the text the

Answer 1

try this:

txtPurpose.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView arg0, View arg1, int arg2,
                                long arg3) {
            Purpose selected = (Purpose) arg0.getAdapter().getItem(arg2);
            txtPurpose.setTag(selected);
        }
    });