Snippet for AutoCompleteView (Android)

java file

 
 String[] cities = { "Mumbai","Chennai","Delhi","Banglore","Kolkata","Nagpur","Pune","Nashik","Ahemdabad","Vadodara","Kochin"};
 
 ArrayAdapter<String> adaptercity = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.select_dialog_singlechoice, cities); //pass our array of string
        AutoCompleteTextView acTextViewcity = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.city);//initialize your view
        acTextViewcity.setThreshold(1);//set the number of element to be choosen
        acTextViewcity.setAdapter(adaptercity); //set the array within the adapter here
        
        
        
        //custom names used to explain the code: cities,adaptercity,acTextViewcityand all the city names.

xml file

 <AutoCompleteTextView
 
 //attributes almost same as EditText
 
        android:id="@+id/city"
        android:layout_width="352dp"
        android:layout_height="45dp"
        android:background="@drawable/roundborder"
        android:hint="City/Town"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:paddingLeft="20dp"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:textColorHint="#e0e0e0"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        
        />