How to disable AutoCompleteTextView's drop-down from showing up?

Question

I use the following code to set text to an AutoCompleteTextView field. But I noticed that when I set certain text (not all text, but some) to it, it will automatically pop up the drop-down. If I do not request focus, it would be better, but just better, not entirely all right. I tried dissmissDropDwon(), it doesn't help. So, Is there any way to stop the drop-down from showing up after setting text and focus to it?

actv.setText("Tim Hortons");
actv.setSelection(0, actv.getText().length());
actv.requestFocus();
actv.dismissDropDown();    // doesn't help

Thank you!

Answer 1

Another solution is to clear the focus before setting the text:

mContactTxt.setFocusable(false);
mContactTxt.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
mContactTxt.setText("");            
mContactTxt.setFocusable(true);
mContactTxt.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

Answer 2

You can try these steps:

1. When setting the text, also set the Threshold value to a large value so that the dropdown doesnot come.

    actv.setThreshold(1000);
   

2. Then override the OnTouch to set the threshold back to 1.

      actv.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
                   @Override
       public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
           actv.setThreshold(1);
           return false;
       }
   });