how to find the position of item in a AutoCompletetextview filled with Array

Question

I have an array (array1 with States) and AutoCompleteTextview in which I'm filling it with array1. When I select the value from AutocompleteTextView I select a state from AutoCompleteTextView Dropdown

What I want is to get the position of the item from array1 which I've selected.
What I've tried is OnClickEvent of AutocompelteTextView.

STATE.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){      @Override     public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long rowId) {         String selection = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);         String num = selection;     } }); 

It ss giving me the value which I selected from dropdown but i want to get the position of the value in array1. For Example I have an array of size 4, like array1 = {A,B,C,D}, and if I select B it should return me B position in Array i.e 2.

I hope I made it clear. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use the position variable in the onItemClick.

STATE.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){      @Override     public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long rowId) {         String selection = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);         int pos = -1;          for (int i = 0; i < yourarray.length; i++) {             if (yourarray[i].equals(selection)) {                 pos = i;                 break;             }         }         System.out.println("Position " + pos); //check it now in Logcat     } }); 

Answer 2

Use List instead of Array. Implement onItemClickListener for AutoCompleteTextView, then use indexOf on your list to find the index of selected item.

actvCity.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {       @Override      public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2,           long arg3) {           int index = cityNames.indexOf(actvCity.getText().toString());           // Do Whatever you want to do ;)      } });