AutocompleteTextView text is not visible

Question

in my AutoCompleteTextView the text is not visible after I have choosen an item from the suggestions list. I have tried with setTextColor(android.R.color.black) but it doesen't work. I use Theme.Light in Manifest. Has anybody an idea what i can do?

Thanks, in advance

Tiziano

Answer 1

please try

Resources res = getResources(); 
int color = res.getColor(android.R.color.black);
setTextColor(color )

http://sree.cc/google/android/defining-custom-colors-using-xml-in-android