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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/tutorials/views/hello-autocomplete.jd b/docs/html/guide/tutorials/views/hello-autocomplete.jd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f97b32 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/guide/tutorials/views/hello-autocomplete.jd @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +page.title=Hello, AutoCompleteTextView +@jd:body + +<p>{@link android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView} is an implementation of the EditText widget that will provide +auto-complete suggestions as the user types. The suggestions are extracted from a collection of strings.</p> + + +<ol> + <li>Start a new project/Activity called HelloAutoComplete.</li> + <li>Open the layout file. + Make it like so: +<pre> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" + android:orientation="horizontal" + android:layout_width="fill_parent" + android:layout_height="wrap_content"> + + <TextView + android:layout_width="wrap_content" + android:layout_height="wrap_content" + android:text="Country" /> + + <AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/edit" + android:layout_width="fill_parent" + android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> + +</LinearLayout> +</pre> +</li> + +<li>Open HelloAutoComplete.java and insert the following as the <code>onCreate</code> method: +<pre> +@Override +protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { + super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); + setContentView(R.layout.main); + + AutoCompleteTextView textView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.edit); + ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, + android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, R.array.planets); + textView.setAdapter(adapter); +} +</pre> + <p>Here, we create an AutoComplteteTextView from our layout. We then + create an {@link android.widget.ArrayAdapter} that binds a <code>simple_dropdown_item_1line</code> + layout item to each entry in the <code>COUNTRIES</code> array (which we'll add next). + The last part sets the ArrayAdapter to associate with our AutoCompleteTextView.</p> +</li> + +<li>After the <code>onCreate()</code> method, add the String array: +<pre> +static final String[] COUNTRIES = new String[] { + "Afghanistan", "Albania", "Algeria", "American Samoa", "Andorra", + "Angola", "Anguilla", "Antarctica", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Argentina", + "Armenia", "Aruba", "Australia", "Austria", "Azerbaijan", + "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", + "Belize", "Benin", "Bermuda", "Bhutan", "Bolivia", + "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Botswana", "Bouvet Island", "Brazil", "British Indian Ocean Territory", + "British Virgin Islands", "Brunei", "Bulgaria", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", + "Cote d'Ivoire", "Cambodia", "Cameroon", "Canada", "Cape Verde", + "Cayman Islands", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Chile", "China", + "Christmas Island", "Cocos (Keeling) Islands", "Colombia", "Comoros", "Congo", + "Cook Islands", "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czech Republic", + "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Denmark", "Djibouti", "Dominica", "Dominican Republic", + "East Timor", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "El Salvador", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", + "Estonia", "Ethiopia", "Faeroe Islands", "Falkland Islands", "Fiji", "Finland", + "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", "France", "French Guiana", "French Polynesia", + "French Southern Territories", "Gabon", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Gibraltar", + "Greece", "Greenland", "Grenada", "Guadeloupe", "Guam", "Guatemala", "Guinea", "Guinea-Bissau", + "Guyana", "Haiti", "Heard Island and McDonald Islands", "Honduras", "Hong Kong", "Hungary", + "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia", "Iran", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Jamaica", + "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kenya", "Kiribati", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Laos", + "Latvia", "Lebanon", "Lesotho", "Liberia", "Libya", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", + "Macau", "Madagascar", "Malawi", "Malaysia", "Maldives", "Mali", "Malta", "Marshall Islands", + "Martinique", "Mauritania", "Mauritius", "Mayotte", "Mexico", "Micronesia", "Moldova", + "Monaco", "Mongolia", "Montserrat", "Morocco", "Mozambique", "Myanmar", "Namibia", + "Nauru", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "Netherlands Antilles", "New Caledonia", "New Zealand", + "Nicaragua", "Niger", "Nigeria", "Niue", "Norfolk Island", "North Korea", "Northern Marianas", + "Norway", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palau", "Panama", "Papua New Guinea", "Paraguay", "Peru", + "Philippines", "Pitcairn Islands", "Poland", "Portugal", "Puerto Rico", "Qatar", + "Reunion", "Romania", "Russia", "Rwanda", "Sqo Tome and Principe", "Saint Helena", + "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Saint Lucia", "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", + "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Samoa", "San Marino", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", + "Seychelles", "Sierra Leone", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia", "Solomon Islands", + "Somalia", "South Africa", "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands", "South Korea", + "Spain", "Sri Lanka", "Sudan", "Suriname", "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Swaziland", "Sweden", + "Switzerland", "Syria", "Taiwan", "Tajikistan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "The Bahamas", + "The Gambia", "Togo", "Tokelau", "Tonga", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Tunisia", "Turkey", + "Turkmenistan", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "Tuvalu", "Virgin Islands", "Uganda", + "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", + "United States", "United States Minor Outlying Islands", "Uruguay", "Uzbekistan", + "Vanuatu", "Vatican City", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Wallis and Futuna", "Western Sahara", + "Yemen", "Yugoslavia", "Zambia", "Zimbabwe" +}; +</pre> + <p>This is the list of suggestions that will be offered as the user types into the + AutoCompleteTextView.</p> +</li> + +<li>Now run it.</li> +</ol> +<p>As you type, you should see something like this:</p> +<img src="images/hello-autocomplete.png" width="150px" /> + + +<h3>References</h3> +<ul> + <li>{@link android.R.layout}</li> + <li>{@link android.widget.ArrayAdapter}</li> + <li>{@link android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView}</li> +</ul> + +<p><a href="{@docRoot}guide/tutorials/views/hello-views-index.html">← Back to Hello Views</a></p> |