Show all items in AutocompleteTextView without writing text

Question

I have a AutocompleteTextView and it works fine. When I write a word it shows the relevant result but I want to show all items without writing any word in AutocompleteTextVi

Answer 1

Here an approach with onclicklistener as I found tat onTouch was a bit irritating when trying to scroll. mOccupation is the AutocompleteTextView in question.

    mOccupation=(AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.actv_occupation);
    ArrayAdapter occupationAdapter=new ArrayAdapter 
    (NewClientActivity.this,
            android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
            getResources().getStringArray(R.array.occupation_array));
    mOccupation.setAdapter(occupationAdapter);
    mOccupation.setKeyListener(null);
    mOccupation.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            //mOccupation.setText(null);
            ((AutoCompleteTextView) view).showDropDown();
            return;
        }
    });

I managed to put it all into a Textinputlayout with the following xml specifications: