Access entered String data from Autocompletetextview on button click.

Accessing autocompletetextview string data from multiple selection is very easy because there are already a pre define function available for retrieve entered value. So here is the complete tutorial for How to get selected value from AutocompleteTextView in android .

How to get selected value from AutocompleteTextView in android.

Complete source code for MainActivity.java file.

package com.android_examples.com.getselectedvalueautocompletetextview;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 AutoCompleteTextView TypeText;
 Button ShowEnteredValueButton;
 String[] TextStringValue = {"Tutorials","tutorials with code", "tutorials with examples" };
 String HoldAutocompletetextview; 
 
 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
 
 TypeText = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.autoCompleteTextViewAcess);
 ShowEnteredValueButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
 ArrayAdapter<String> ValueName = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, TextStringValue);
 TypeText.setAdapter(ValueName);
 TypeText.setThreshold(3);
 
 ShowEnteredValueButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 
 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
 HoldAutocompletetextview = TypeText.getText().toString();
 
 Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, HoldAutocompletetextview, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
 }
 });
 
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
 // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
 getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
 return true;
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
 // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
 // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
 // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
 int id = item.getItemId();
 if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
 return true;
 }
 return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 }
}

Complete source code for activity_main.xml layout file.

<RelativeLayout 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:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
 android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
 tools:context="com.android_examples.com.getselectedvalueautocompletetextview.MainActivity" >

 <AutoCompleteTextView
 android:id="@+id/autoCompleteTextViewAcess"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_marginTop="75dp"
 android:ems="10"
 >

 <requestFocus />
 </AutoCompleteTextView>

 <Button
 android:id="@+id/button1"
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_below="@+id/autoCompleteTextViewAcess"
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
 android:layout_marginTop="86dp"
 android:text="Click here for show seleced value" />

</RelativeLayout>

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