Android AutoCompleteTextView DropDown Position

Question

I am using following code for auto complete however, dropdown items comes above the AutoCompleteTextView. I want it to show up beneath the AutoCompleteTextView. How can I do that?

package com.example.autocomplete;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
     protected void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
         super.onCreate(icicle);
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

         ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                 android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, COUNTRIES);
         AutoCompleteTextView textView = (AutoCompleteTextView)
                 findViewById(R.id.countries_list);
         textView.setAdapter(adapter);
     }

     private static final String[] COUNTRIES = new String[] {
         "Belgium","Belgam","Bellam", "France Belgium", "Italy", "Germany", "Spain"
     };
 }

xml:

<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"
    tools:context="${relativePackage}.${activityClass}" >

    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/countries_list"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:dropDownHeight="100dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:text="AutoCompleteTextView" >

        <requestFocus />
    </AutoCompleteTextView>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

Looks like this must work:

android:dropDownHeight="100dp"

Founded here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7648028/1723525

Edit:

I tried with a new Activity and the suggestions ara shown below. Maybe you have to change the dropDownHeight to 150dp because you have marginTop of 100dp. I guess that the dropDownHeight must be higher than the Y position (= padding + margin). Let me know if it works.

Answer 2

Set height of dropdown and set space between dropdown and edittext. Dropdown will display above and below view in dropdownanchor. Height = 200dp, dropdown will not overlap keyboard.

                <RelativeLayout
                    android:id="@+id/dropdownAutoCompleteTextView"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:paddingBottom="8dp"
                    android:paddingTop="8dp">
                    <AutoCompleteTextView
                        android:id="@+id/autoTextViewState"
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:digits="@string/get_started_petname_digits"
                        android:dropDownAnchor="@+id/dropdownAutoCompleteTextView"
                        android:dropDownHeight="200dp"
                        android:hint="Colorado"
                        android:imeOptions="actionNext"
                        android:inputType="textEmailAddress|textCapWords"
                        android:maxLength="15"
                        android:nextFocusDown="@+id/editZipCode"/>
                </RelativeLayout>