autocomplete has stopped working with android sdk

Question

For some reason auto complete no longer works. for example when writing code using the android bitmap class, when i use the dot operator eclipse would suggest methods for th

Answer 1

Here's another solution I dicovered:

I would check the other solutions listed here first and if all else fails shut down eclipse then delete the file 'org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs' found in the workspace directory (Workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings).

Seems in my case the workspace became corrupted somehow and this fixed it. Haven't yet noticed any adverse effects by doing this.

Answer 2

I had the same problem and none of the solutions here worked. For some reason, my Scheme had changed from "default" to "Emacs". So to fix it, I had to go:

Preferences> General> Keys and change the scheme back to default.

Answer 3

I had this same problem. Here is how I solved it.

In Eclipse go to

Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Content Assist -> Advanced

And check the boxes labeled "Java Proposals" and hit Apply.

This solved my problem. Hope it helps.

Answer 4

Go to Preferences > Java > Editor > Content Assist and paste "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz." (note the dot after z) into the "Auto activation triggers for Java:" field. This worked for me ! Now as i type I get autocomplete options

Answer 5

eclipse use "ctrl+[space]" to show the "css/html/java proposal"

Answer 6

Im my case was API tools proposals the option that cause my autocomplete doesn´t work, here are the 4 default options that must be checked...

• API Tools Proposals.

• Java Proposals.

• SWT Template Proposals.

• Template Proposals.

  

the next time i must be careful when click Ctrl+Space =D