AutoCompleteTextView background/foreground color

Question

I am working on AutoCompleteTextView.Its working fine but the dropdown text is always white text on white background. this picture explain my problem

picture explain my problem

XML:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#000"
    >
    <!-- <AutoCompleteTextView  -->
    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/text"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="Tapez votre 1texte"
        android:textColor="#000"        
        />
</LinearLayout>

Java:

view = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.text);        
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,data);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.drawable.ic_action_search);//dd
view.setAdapter(adapter);

Answer 1

This question might be old but I believe this is very important for me to share. I had been experiencing the same problem as OP but it is because I was using 'getApplicationContext()' in place of 'this'

Wrong

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>
                (getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, PLACES);

Correct

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>
                (this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, PLACES);

Answer 2

If you want to change the look of the dropdown items change the XML layout you pass to the ArrayAdapter, (in your case this is android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line).

Lets make a new layout named my_list_item.xml in res/layout:

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    style="?android:attr/dropDownItemStyle"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:padding="5dp"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMediumInverse"
    android:textColor="#00f" />

This text is smaller, blue, and centered. I don't recommend using this layout, it's more to demonstrate that you can customize it.

Now use this instead:

view = (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.text);        
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.my_list_item, data);
view.setAdapter(adapter);

When you set attributes here (like the text color):

<AutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/text"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="Tapez votre 1texte"
    android:textColor="#000"        
    />

You are only changing the box above the dropdown list (the box that you see before you interact with the AutoCompleteTextView). Hope that helps!