Auto complete demo in android | Searching in Edit text in Android

1-manifest.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="auto.complete"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />

    <application

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name" >

        <activity

            android:label="@string/app_name"

            android:name=".AutoCompleteDemoActivity" >

            <intent-filter >

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

2- AutoCompleteDemoActivity.java file

package auto.complete;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.text.Editable;

import android.text.TextWatcher;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;

import android.widget.TextView;

public class AutoCompleteDemoActivity extends Activity implements TextWatcher {

       TextView textViewSelection;

       AutoCompleteTextView autoComplete;

       String[] fruits = { "apple", "banana", "graps", "orrange", "berry" };

       @Override

       public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {

              super.onCreate(icicle);

              setContentView(R.layout.main);

              textViewSelection = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.selection);

              autoComplete = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.edit);

              autoComplete.addTextChangedListener(this);

              autoComplete.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,

                           android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, fruits));

       }

       public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

              textViewSelection.setText(autoComplete.getText());

       }

       public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,

                     int after) {

              // needed for interface, but not used

       }

       @Override

       public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {

              // TODO Auto-generated method stub

             

       }      }

3- main.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:orientation="vertical"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="fill_parent"

> 

<TextView

android:id="@+id/selection"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

/>

<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/edit"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:completionThreshold="3"/>

</LinearLayout>