How to get string from selected item of SimpleCursorAdapter?

Question

I\'m using an AutoCompleteTextView to suggest user some words from my sqlite db as they type the input string to search.

I try to make the suggestion look friendly b

Answer 1

Getting string from SimpleCurstor Adapter using cursor

    @Override
public boolean onSuggestionClick(int position) {
    //First get cursor from your Adapter,
    Cursor cursor = (Cursor) mAdapter.getItem(position);
    /* Then get string data from cursor's column, I am getting it from column 0 in this case. You can use your own column index. */
    String s=cursor.getString(0);
    //Then set the searchview or autotextview with that string
    mSearchView.setQuery(s, true); //true will submit the query 
}

Answer 2

This seems to be a problem with SimpleCursorAdapter on 2.1, on 2.2 the cursor is positioned on the requested item and you can retrieve the column data but in 2.1 the cursor position is 0 and cursor.move(itemIndex) and cursor.moveToFirst() both return false.

I plan to do a RYO database adapter.

Answer 3

You need to use http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/CursorAdapter.html#getItem(int).

Cursor cursor = (Cursor) simple.getItem(position);
// retrieve the data from the cursor