Eclipse plugin: AutoComplete as it should be

Question

I have a problem, with multiple possible solutions.

I'm doing a Computer Sience study and I'm working as an intern at the moment. My assignment is to make a business application for Android & iOS. I've been working for 2 years with Visual studio 2010 now, Xcode is rather simular so that's no biggy, Eclipse on the other hand is not as what I'm used to, I'm not saying it's bad. I have enjoyed Eclipse so far but now i'm constantly using Xcode and Eclipse

Now hold on there before you answer! I know there is an autocomplete in Eclipse but it will only pop after you push Ctrl + Space or after one of the maximum of four Auto activition triggers is, well, triggered.

So my question is:

Is there any tool that does trigger auto complete after every keystroke or something? I tried looking at making my own Eclipse plugin but it was way to hard with zero knowlegde about the Eclipse API, although tutorials considering the Auto Complete features are welcome! (they should cover classes like ContentAssistCommandAdapter)

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The delay between keystroke and pop-up is configurable. So, as an alternative to a plug-in, you can adjust the autocomplete settings to pop-up after a shorter period of time, such as 1/10th of a second.

Eclipse preferences ->
  Java ->
    Editor ->
      Content Assist -> 
        Enable Auto Activation
        Auto activation delay (ms)

(showing Mac OX 10.6, running Eclipse "Indigo" release, but the option has been around forever):