How to get WPT Autocompletebox selection item reference

Question

I am building a windows phone app where I m using the Autocompletebox. I am populating it dynamically through a web search api.

Now If the the user selects the specific item from the autocomplete box, how to get the reference of that specific object.

How I am using it is,

autocompbox.Itsemsource = List<MyClass objects>

Class MyClass
{
  string name;
  ...
  ..
}

name variable is bound on the automcompletebox text. Is there anyway to get which reference is selected? I am using the selectionchanged event, but I dont know the specific property which gives me the specific index of the itemsource.

Answer 1

bind selectedItem in your ViewModel.

private string _selectedSearch;

    public string SelectedSearch
    {
        get { return _selectedSearch; }
        set
        {
            _selectedSearch = value;
            setSearch(_searchValue);
            RaisePropertyChanged(() => SelectedSearch);
        }
    }

private void setSearch(string searchValue){ // to do }

or acces directly like autocomplete.selectedItem