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Jay
Jay

Reputation: 95

How can I use a custom CursorAdapter with AutoCompleteTextView?

I'm trying to use a custom CursorAdapter (by inheriting from CursorAdapter) overriding bindView(...) and newView(...) as suggested here (examplecursoradapter).

However, when using it with an AutoCompleteTextView, the auto-completed value (i.e. the value entered when the user selects a value from the drop down list) inserted is the toString() value of the SqliteCursor. How can I obtain the value in the drop-down list, using this method?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1616

Answers (1)

Leszek
Leszek

Reputation: 6598

You also need to define convertToString(Cursor) method for your custom CursorAdapter.

For example:

public static class YourAdapter extends CursorAdapter implements Filterable{
    //bindView(), newView() etc...


    @Override
    public String convertToString(Cursor cursor) {
        //returns string inserted into textview after item from drop-down list is selected.
        return cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(NAME_OF_COLUMN_DISPLAYED_IN_DROP_DOWN));
    }
}

You can also check examples from ApiDemos(files AutoComplete4.java and AutoComplete5.java from <android-sdk-dir>\samples\android-15\ApiDemos\src\com\example\android\apis\view

Upvotes: 7

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