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

The intent here is to hide the drop-down with AutoCompleteTextView. Set the dropDownHeight to zero in the layout file.

In my case, I have the GridView and there is address bar above that view. I want to filter items in GridView based upon user input in AutoCompleteTextView without requiring TextView to show me the dropdown.