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javaandroidgoogle-mapsautocompletetextview
Tim Biegeleisen
Tim Biegeleisen

Reputation: 522254

Cannot get AutoCompleteTextView to show with other components

I am trying to build a simple Android app one of whose activities will have a Google Places AutoCompleteTextView along with a Button and several other components. However, it seems to be the case that the AutoCompleteTextView component does not want to play friendly with anything else. Currently, I can only get one (the AutoCompleteTextView component) or the others rendering at a time. Here are the relevant portions of my code:

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/autoCompleteTextView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10"
        android:text="Please enter your place" >
        <requestFocus />
    </AutoCompleteTextView>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnChangeDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Change Date" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/lblDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Current Date (M-D-YYYY): "
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvDate"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text=""
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

    <DatePicker
        android:id="@+id/dpResult"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

list_item.xml

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

GooglePlacesAutocompleteActivity.java

public class GooglePlacesAutocompleteActivity extends Activity implements OnItemClickListener {

    // class fields are here ...

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        setCurrentDateOnView();    // sets up the date picker
        addListenerOnButton();     // adds a listener to a Button

        // next three lines configure the Google Place autocomplete
        AutoCompleteTextView autoCompView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.autoCompleteTextView);
        autoCompView.setAdapter(new GooglePlacesAutocompleteAdapter(this, R.layout.list_item));
        autoCompView.setOnItemClickListener(this);
    }

    // more methods...
}

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 188

Answers (1)

user5156016
user5156016

Reputation:

Hi You have a problem of orientation in your LinearLayout. I guess you want your AutocompleteTextView in top of the rest. If that is the case you should probably add a nested LinearLayout.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      android:orientation="vertical" >

      <AutoCompleteTextView
          android:id="@+id/autoCompleteTextView"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:ems="10"
          android:text="Please enter your place" >
          <requestFocus />
      </AutoCompleteTextView>

      <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:orientation="horizontal" >

          [your other items]

     </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

If this is not what you are looking for just change match_parent to wrap_content for thw width of your AutocompleteTextView.

Upvotes: 1

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