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How to add a tick symbol to AutoCompleteTextView item suggestion?

I already have a AutoCompleteTextView with custom layout and adapter. How can I control the visibility of a tick symbol next to each item to show if the item has already been added? By added I mean, it's compared with another list that's fetched from storage that I compare with the AutoCompleteTextView suggestions?

Solution

  • What I needed to do was to have the tick icon in the custom layout be View.INVISIBLEby default. Then in the getView() method of the custom adapter, change the visibility according to the requirement for that specific situation. The point is, the getView() method is responsible for any changes to related to the UI of the items.