EditText with Autocomplete Functionality based on Autocomplete library that supports customizing how the items will be drawn and Multiple selected items

    implementation 'gr.loukaspd:multiselectautocomplete:latest'
    implementation 'com.otaliastudios:autocomplete:1.1.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:27.1.1'

replace with latest version number

To see it in action, take a look at the sample app in the sample module.

This library uses the Autocomplete library.

1. include <gr.loukaspd.multiselectautocomplete.MultiSelectAutocomplete> element in your layout file instead on EditText
2. Stup the Autocomplete Element by calling input.initialize(IMultiSelectUi, ArrayList<T>)

This is an interface that controls how to draw the items inside the AutocompleteDropdown and the selected items inside the EditText

public interface IMultiSelectUi<T>  {

    /**
     * Extract the text from an item
     * @param item
     * @return
     */
    String getItemText(T item);

    /**
     * Layout file that will be used to inflate the autocomplete items
     * @return the layout file Resource Id
     */
    int autocompleteLayoutRes();

    /**
     * Update the view of the layout item
     * @param rootView the view inflated from {@link #autocompleteLayoutRes()}
     * @param item
     */
    void autocompleteUpdateView(View rootView, T item);


    /**
     * Layout file that will be used to inflate the selected items inside the input
     * @return the layout file Resource Id
     */
    int selectedItemLayoutRes();


    /**
     * Update the view of the layout item
     * @param rootView the view inflated from {@link #selectedItemLayoutRes()}
     * @param item
     */
    void selectedItemUpdateView(View rootView, T item);
}

• getItemText(): returns the text representation from an item, used for filtering autocomplete items
• autocompleteLayoutRes(): returns the resource id of the layout file that will be used to draw the items inside the autocomplete dialog
• autocompleteUpdateView(View rootView, T item): update the view with data from the specified item inside the autocomplete dialog
• selectedItemLayoutRes(): returns the resource id of the layout file that will be used to draw the selected items inside the EditText
• selectedItemUpdateView(View rootView, T item): update the view with data from the specified item inside the EditText

You can change view attributes directly from your layout's xml file or in your java/kotlin code:

These must be set before calling the initialize method

• setPopupBackground(Drawable drawable): set the background of the autocomplete popup window