How to get the selected item as String in a Blackberry AutoCompleteField?

Question

How to get the selected Item as string when using a Blackberry AutoComplete Field. I am able to get the selected index currently. I am Overriding the onSelect method in the

Answer 1

The default implementation of AutoCompleteField#onSelect(Object, int) sets the text of the AutoCompleteField object's AutoCompleteFieldEditField to the select parameter. So you could query for the String that way. Here's a snippet of what I mean:

AutoCompleteField autoCompleteField = new AutoCompleteField(filterList)
{
     public void onSelect(Object selection, int type) {
         super.onSelect(selection, type);
         if(selection != null) {
             String selectionAsString = getEditField().getText();
             // Do whatever else you need to do with the String.
         }
     }
};