AutocompleteTextView suggestion list goes up

Question

possible duplicates Android : autocompletetextview, suggestion list displays above the textview?

I am fully trying to display suggestion list overlapping on keyboar

Answer 1

Here's my solution

private final static int DELAY_MS = 500;
autoCompletionTextView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            autoCompletionTextView.requestFocus();
            new Handler().postDelayed(() -> autoCompletionTextView.showDropDown(), DELAY_MS);
            return false;
        }
    });

After keyboard shows up suggestion list is listed above yout AutoCompletionTextView.

Answer 2

I've had this problem before. For me, there was more screen space above the AutocompleteTextView than below (testing on a "normal" device), so the list opened upwards. I adjusted my layout slightly so that there was more space below the AutocompleteTextView and it started opening downwards. That's what fixed it for me.

Answer 3

Set Full Layout containing Autocompletetextview inside Scrollview

This will solve your problem!

Answer 4

Just adding the android:dropDownHeight="100dp" to the AutoCompleteTextView tag in your layout file will be the best solution I guess! it will simply control the height of drop down hight and allow us to scroll!

<AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/acetxt_assignclient"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"   
        android:dropDownHeight="100dp">
</AutoCompleteTextView>

Answer 5

The trick is to ensure that the desired drop-down height is never larger than the available space below. My approach is to create a subclass that overrides showDropDown:

public class DownOnlyAutoCompleteTextView extends AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView {

    private final static int MINIMAL_HEIGHT = 50;

    public DownOnlyAutoCompleteTextView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public DownOnlyAutoCompleteTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public DownOnlyAutoCompleteTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }

    @Override
    public void showDropDown() {
        Rect displayFrame = new Rect();
        getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(displayFrame);

        int[] locationOnScreen = new int[2];
        getLocationOnScreen(locationOnScreen);

        int bottom = locationOnScreen[1] + getHeight();
        int availableHeightBelow = displayFrame.bottom - bottom;
        if (availableHeightBelow >= MINIMAL_HEIGHT) {
            setDropDownHeight(availableHeightBelow);
        }

        super.showDropDown();
    }
}

Then use this in your layout, e.g.:

<your.package.DownOnlyAutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/auto_complete_text_view"
    android:layout_margin="12dp"
    android:hint="AutoComplete"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    tools:ignore="HardcodedText" />

Adjust MINIMAL_HEIGHT to fit your requirements -- if there's no or very little space below, it's probably better not to force the issue.

Answer 6

You can either adjust the layout so that there is more space below the AutoCompleteTextView

or

you can change the dropdown height android:dropDownHeight and set some high value, this would work when its inside a scrollView and the AutoCompleteTextView is near the top.

To display the list of options on focus do something like this

autoCompleteTextView.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        if(hasFocus) {
            autoCompleteTextView.showDropDown();
        }
    }
});

This would display a list of options when the user focuses on the AutoCompleteTextView