I have a requirement for implementing an edit text that the user can type in a anything but when they type in a new word that starts with '@' the autocomplete should start showing potential users.
I understand how to use the AutoCompleteTextView function for filtering. But I am not sure how to go about capturing the characters from the last word after the '@' symbol (ignoring any previous words).
Consequently when the user has been selected from the AutoCompleteTextView list, it should replace the the word with '@', eg.
"This is a message for @steve"
when the user clicks on "Steve" from the list, the text should replace to:
"This is a message for Steve"
I also need to obtain the string in a form that I can send off to the server. i.e. from the above example I would need to send off the string:
"This is a message for [username:[email protected], id:44]."
I have looked at https://github.com/splitwise/TokenAutoComplete
Which seems great for typing emails in a list, but I am not sure how to cater it for my needs. Bare in mind, I need to support multiple/duplicate mentions:
eg
"This is a message for Steve and Bob. this is the second sentence in the message for Bob"
If anyone knows or has done anything like this, would really appreciate it!
I ended up using the spyglass library from linkedin which does exactly what I was looking for. It provides a MentionsEditText (that can be customised). I also used a ListPopupWindow to show the suggestions in a list (like an AutoCompleteTextView).
Here is the link...