How to disable AutoCompleteTextView's drop-down from showing up?

Question

I use the following code to set text to an AutoCompleteTextView field. But I noticed that when I set certain text (not all text, but some) to it, it will automatically pop u

Answer 1

Maybe it is to late, but I've found elegant solution for this problem:

Disable filtering before setting text and enabling it after (instead of playing with focus or/and delays). You should use custom control in this case.

See example below:

public class CustomCompliteTextView extends AutoCompleteTextView {

    private boolean mIsSearchEnabled = true;

    public CustomCompliteTextView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public CustomCompliteTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public CustomCompliteTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    public void setSearchEnabled(boolean isEnabled) {
        mIsSearchEnabled = isEnabled;
    }

    @Override
    protected void performFiltering(CharSequence text, int keyCode) {
        if (mIsSearchEnabled) {
            super.performFiltering(text, keyCode);
        }
    }
}

And usage:

    text.setSearchEnabled(false);
    text.setText("Text you want to set");
    // optional, if you also want to set correct selection
    text.setSelection(text.getText().length());
    text.setSearchEnabled(true);